a 1 CPI Detailed Report , and beverages Data for January 2000 U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics

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1 CPI Detailed Report U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Data for January a 1, and beverages

2 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Alexis M. Herman, Secretary Data for January BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner The CPI D etailed Report (ISSN X; USPS ) is a monthly report on consumer price movements, including statistical tables and technical notes. The report covers two indexes the Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Consumer Price for Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). The indexes reflect data for the U.S. city and selected areas. A subscription may be ordered for 1 or 2 years from: New Orders, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box , Pittsburgh, PA or by calling (202) Visa or MasterCard accepted. Fax (202) Subscription price per year: $31 domestic, $38.75 foreign. Single copy domestic, $14.00; foreign, $ Prices are subject to change by the U.S. Government Printing Office. Send correspondence on subscription matters, including address changes and missing issues, to the Superintendent of D ocum ents, U.S. G overnm ent P rinting O ffice, Washington, DC 20402, or telephone (202) POSTMASTER: Send address changes to CPI D etailed Report, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC For technical information, call the CPI Information and Analysis Office at (202) , or write to Consumer Price es, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 3615, Washington, DC CPI MAILGRAM provides selected U.S. City Average data for CPI-U and CPI-W within 24 hours of release. Order from: National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA Subscription rates: $145 in contiguous U.S. and Hawaii; $160 in Alaska and Canada. Material in this publication is in the public domain and, with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission. This information is available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-STAT; Federal Relay Service: Data on the CPI can also be accessed at through the CPI homepage. Periodicals postage paid at Washington, DC and at additional mailing offices. March

3 CPI Detailed Report Data for January Editors Todd Wilson Monica Gabor Visual Information Specialist Cornita Alston Contents page Price movements, January... 1 CPI-U 12-month changes... 3 Extending the use of hedonic models to adjust prices for changes in quality... 4 Response rates for Consumer Price es,... 5 Intervention analysis in seasonal adjustment Technical note CPI--U CPI--W tables Table Page Table Page U.S. city Expenditure categories; commodity, service groups Seasonally adjusted expenditure categories; commodity, service groups Detailed expenditure categories Seasonally adjusted detailed expenditure categories... Special detailed categories... Historical All items, 1913-present... Commodity and service groups and detailed expenditures, indexes... Commodity and service groups and detailed expenditures, percent change from previous December Selected areas All items indexes Regions Population classes Regions and population classes cross-classified Food at home expenditure categories Areas priced monthly: percent changes over the month City indexes and percent changes

4 Contents Continued Semiannual tables, July-December CPl-U CPZ-W Table Page Table Page Selected areas, all items Regions Population classes Regions and population classes cross classified C ities s tables, U.S. city Expenditure categories: commodity service group... 1A 143 6A 154 Detailed expendiuture categores... 3A 145 8A 156 Special detailed categories... 5A 152 Regions... 11A A 175 Population classes... 12A A 177 Regions and population classes cross classified... 13A A 179 Cities... 16A A 181 Average price tables U.S. city Energy Residential prices... PI 188 Residential unit and consumption ranges... P2 189 Gasoline... P3 190 Retail food... P4 191 Scheduled Release Dates Consumer Price data are scheduled for initial release on the following dates: month Release date month Release date March April 14 May June 14 April May 16 June July 18

5 Price Movements January T he Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in January, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of ( =100). For the 12-month period ended in January, the CPI-U increased 2.7 percent. The Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also rose 0.2 percent in January, prior to seasonal adjustment. The January level of was 2.8 percent higher than the index in January. CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent in January, the same as in each of the preceding 3 months. The food index declined 0.1 percent in January after registering small increases throughout most of. The energy index continued to advance, up 1.0 percent in January. The index for petroleum-based energy increased 1.9 percent and the index for energy services rose 0.1 percent. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent in January, following an increase of 0.1 percent in December. The January advance reflects larger increases in shelter costs and educational books, coupled with an upturn in the price of cigarettes. Note: Seasonal factors have been recalculated to reflect developments during. For this reason, some of the seasonally adjusted figures above and elsewhere in this report differ from those previously published. See page 4 for a note on the use of hedonic models to adjust prices of audio and video products in the CPI for changes in quality. The food and beverages index was unchanged in January. The index for food at home declined 0.2 percent, reflecting decreases in the indexes for fruits and vegetables, for dairy products, and for cereal and bakery products. The index for fruits and vegetables, which increased 0.4 percent in December, declined 1.1 percent in January. Within the fruits and vegetables group, the indexes for fresh fruits and for fresh vegetables declined 1.1 and 2.8 percent, respectively. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, fresh vegetable prices rose 4.2 percent.) Prices for processed fruits and vegetables rose 1.9 percent, following declines in each of the preceding 2 months. The index for dairy products registered its second consecutive decline down 1.0 percent in January largely because of a 2.6-percent decrease in the price of milk. The index for cereal and bakery products fell 0.5 percent, reflecting a decline in prices for breakfast cereal. On the other hand, the indexes for nonalcoholic beverages and for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs Table A. changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) Seasonally adjusted Changes from preceding month July August September October November December January Compound annual rate, 3 months ended January Unadjusted 12 months ended January All ite m s Food and beverages H ousing Apparel Transportation Medical care Recreation Education and com m unication Other goods and se rvice s Special indexes: E n e rg y Food All items less food and energy Digitized for FRASER 1

6 increased 0.7 and 0.3 percent, respectively, while the index for other food at home was unchanged. Increases in prices for coffee and carbonated beverages were responsible for the increase in the index for nonalcoholic beverages. Within the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, increases in prices for poultry and eggs more than offset a decline in meat prices. The other two components of the food and beverages index food away from home and alcoholic beverages each increased 0.2 percent. The index for housing rose 0.3 percent in January, following an increase of 0.1 percent in December. Each of the three major housing groups shelter, fuels and utilities, and household furnishings and operations contributed to the acceleration. Shelter costs, which increased 0.1 percent in December, advanced 0.3 percent in January. Within shelter, the indexes for rent and for owners equivalent rent each increased 0.3 percent, and the index for lodging away from home rose 0.6 percent. The index for fuels and utilities turned up in January, advancing 0.5 percent after registering a 0.5-percent decrease in December. The index for natural gas, which declined 4.0 percent in December, increased 1.4 percent in January. This upturn more than offset a 0.4-percent downturn in the index for electricity, which had risen 0.2 percent in December. Fuel oil prices, which increased 30.9 percent in all of, continued upwards in January, advancing 7.9 percent. The index for household furnishings and operations increased 0.3 percent in January, following a 0.1 -percent rise in December. The transportation component rose 0.1 percent in January after increasing 0.8 percent in December. Gasoline prices continued to advance, but by less than in December. The index for gasoline increased 1.6 percent in January, bringing the increase over the last 12 months to 32.4 percent. The index for new vehicles, which was unchanged in December, declined 0.3 percent in January. (As of January, about 82 percent of the new vehicle sample was represented by models. The models will continue to be phased in, with appropriate adjustments for quality change, over the next several months, as new models replace old models at dealerships. For a report on quality changes for the vehicles represented in the Producer Price sample, see news release USDL , dated November 10,.) The index for used cars and trucks declined for the third consecutive month, falling 0.7 percent in January. The index for public transportation declined 0.8 percent, largely because of a 1.4-percent drop in airline fares. The index for apparel decreased 1.1 percent in January, after registering no change in December. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices fell 2.5 percent, reflecting postholiday discounting.) Medical care costs rose 0.3 percent in January to a level 3.6 percent higher than a year ago. In January, the index for medical care commodities prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies increased 0.3 percent. The index for medical care services also rose 0.3 percent in January. Charges for physicians services and for hospital and related services increased 0.5 and 0.3 percent, respectively. The index for recreation costs increased 0.2 percent in January, the same as in each of the preceding 2 months. Most recreation categories registered small price increases in January; an exception was the index for photography, which declined 0.8 percent. The index for education and communication increased Table B. changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) Seasonally adjusted Changes from preceding month July August September October November December January Compound annual rate, 3 months ended January Unadjusted 12 months ended January All ite m s Food and beverages H ousing A pparel Transportation Medical care Recreation Education and com m unication Other goods a n d... se rvice s Special indexes: E nergy F o o d All items less food and e n e rg y Digitized for FRASER 2

7 0.5 percent in January. Educational costs rose 0.8 percent, reflecting a 6.0-percent increase in educational books and supplies. The index for communication advanced 0.1 percent; a 0.5-percent increase in charges for local telephone services more than offset a 1.7-percent decrease in the index for personal computers and peripheral equipment. The index for other goods and services advanced 0.6 percent in January, after registering no change in December. The index for cigarettes, which declined in each of the preceding 3 months, increased 1.7 percent in January, reflecting in part a 13-cents, per pack, increase in the wholesale price introduced in mid-january. CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI- W) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers rose 0.2 percent in January. CPI-U 12-month changes, 1990 to present Digitized for FRASER 3

8 Extending the use of hedonic models to adjust prices for changes in quality A s previously announced, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is extending the use in the Consumer Price (CPI) of quality adjustments derived from hedonic models. A hedonic model decomposes the price of a consumer product into implicit prices for each of its important features and components, thereby providing an estimate of the value of each feature and component. The Bureau plans to extend this method to additional items in the CPI. As BLS does so, it will give CPI users notice at least 3 months before the first use of hedonic quality adjustment for each additional item, and will have detailed background papers on the models to be employed available by the time of first use. As first announced at the time of the October CPI release, hedonic quality adjustments for 12 audio products and for video cameras are being incorporated into the index effective with the January CPI. Audio products are in the audio equipment item stratum and video cameras are in other video equipment, which contains video equipment other than televisions. Papers describing these adjustments are on the CPI website ( Effective with the CPI for April, BLS will extend hedonic quality adjustment to video cassette recorders (VCRs) and digital versatile disc (DVD) players, two other items in the other video equipment item stratum. The relative importance (share of weight), as of December, of this stratum was percent in the CPI for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and percent in the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). Within other video equipment, VCRs are estimated to represent 46 percent of the weight and DVD players about 6 percent. Camcorders represent about 30 percent. The remaining items in this stratum those that will not be subject to hedonic quality adjustment at this time include satellite dishes and some miscellaneous video equipment. The hedonic models that BLS analysts developed for VCRs and for DVD players use observations collected for the CPI, supplemented with additional observations collected specifically for this purpose. Papers describing this work are in preparation and will be available before release of the April CPI. (Additional work on hedonic quality adjustment for telephones, microwave ovens, refrigerator/freezers, and washers and dryers is under way at BLS.) For more information on these changes, write to: Bureau of Labor Statistics Division of Consumer Prices and Price es 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Room 3260 Washington, DC or contact Paul Liegey either by telephone (202) or at liegey_p@bls.gov by electronic mail. Digitized for FRASER 4

9 Response Rates for Consumer Price es, T. his article and the accompanying tables update articles previously published on response rates in the CPI D etailed Report for March 1991 and in the January issues of 1992 through. In an effort to measure the outcome of data collection for the CPI, the Bureau calculates response rates. Response rates measure the proportion of completed surveys to those issued and help measure the accuracy of the CPI. Failure of a data unit to respond at either the data collection stage or estimation stage represents a loss of statistical information that dilutes the accuracy of the sample. BLS publishes response rates annually to assist the data user in judging the accuracy of CPI data. BLS calculates response rates for the CPI-U at the data collection phase for initiation and pricing and at the data estimation phase for pricing. The response rate at the data collection phase is the number of responding sample units divided by the number of eligible sample units. A sample unit is eligible if it belongs to the defined target population, and if it provides information for one or more items. The response rate at estimation is defined as the number of sample units used in estimation divided by the number of eligible sample units. Response rates for are presented in tables R-l through R -l5. Table R-l shows response rates for all data included in the CPI-U, U.S. city, by major group, for all of. Tables R-2 through R -l5 show rates for current data collection in selected areas for which indexes are published monthly and bimonthly. The response rates in tables R-l through R -l5 are separated into commodities and services and the shelter portion of housing. Commodities and services are further broken down into outlets and quotes. An outlet is a generic term that designates the place where prices are collected. A quote is a specific item to be priced in a specific outlet. There may be from 1 to more than 50 quotes priced in each outlet. In table R -l, it is important to note the relatively low percentages of quotes reported, collected, and used in estimation for apparel. Low rates for these items can be partially attributed to the design of the apparel sample. Because seasonal apparel items commonly are in stores only during certain times of the year, most of the apparel sample is doubled, with each half of the sample designated for pricing during part of the year. Thus, at any particular time of the year, a large number of apparel quotes, although eligible, are designated out of season and are not collected. The response rates at the data collection phase for shelter are separated into three categories. If useable information is obtained, the unit is designated data reported. If the assigned unit is located but is unoccupied, the unit is designated found vacant. In instances where the unit is eligible but no data are available (for example, refusals or no one at home) the unit is designated other. For additional information on response rates, write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price es, Room 3615, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC , or call Doris L. Johnson at (202) Ms. Johnson may also be reached at johnson_dl@bls.gov by electronic mail. Digitized for FRASER 5

10 Table R-1. Response rates for the CPI-U, U.S. city, by major group and shelter, Commodities and services Outlets Total Food Housing (excluding shelter) Quotes Apparel Medical care Transportation Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Eligible 287, , , , ,032 96,802 50,988 55,345 51,334 27,381 Collected Number 276, , , ,982 76,179 90,859 44,596 47,859 47,937 25, Used in estimation Number 266, , , ,289 71,532 89,401 43,757 46,383 47,016 25, Shelter Eligible Number Collected Data reported Number Found vacant Number Other Number Used in estimation Number All Units 46, , , , , Table R-2. Response rates for the CPI-U, Chicago-Gary- Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, Commodities Total and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units Eligible 15,731 45,796 Eligible Collected Number 1,464 Number 15,335 39, Collected Used in estimation Data reported Number 14,750 38,660 Number 1, Found vacant Number Other Number Used in estimation Number 1, Digitized for FRASER 6

11 Table R-3. Response rates for the CPI-U, Los Angeles- Riverside-Orange County, CA, Commodities Total and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units Eligible 23,141 65,079 Eligible Collected Number 3,479 Number 22,443 56, Collected Used in estimation Data reported Number 21,529 55,126 Number 2, Found vacant Number Other Number Used in estimation Number 3, Table R-4. Response rates for the CPI-U, NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, Commodities Total and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units Eligible 32, ,974 Eligible Collected Number 3,254 Number 30,898 83, Collected Used in estimation Data reported Number 29,569 82,216 Number 2, Found vacant Number Other Number Used in estimation Number 2,

12 Table R-5. Response rates for the CPI-U, Phil.-Wilmington- Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Commodities Total and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units Eligible 6,566 18,779 Eligible Collected Number 1,234 Number 6,275 15, Collected Used in estimation Data reported Number 6,032 15,500 Number 1, Found vacant Number Other Number Used in estimation Number 1, Table R-6. Response rates for the CPI-U, San-Francisco- Oakland-San Jose, CA, Commodities Total and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units Eligible 6,945 22,355 Eligible Collected Number 2,043 Number 6,753 19, Collected Used in estimation Data reported Number 6,513 19,101 Number 1, Found vacant Number Other Number Used in estimation Number 1,

13 Table R-7. Response rates for the CPI-U, Washington- Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, Commodities Total and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units Eligible 6,835 19,343 Eligible Collected Number 1,494 Number 6,615 16, Collected Used in estimation Data reported Number 6,308 15,825 Number 1, Found vacant Number Other Number Used in estimation Number 1, Table R-8. Response rates for the CPI-U, Boston-Brockton- Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT, Commodities Total and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units Eligible 3,727 10,675 Eligible Collected Number 968 Number 3,617 9, Collected Used in estimation Data reported Number 3,460 8,857 Number Found vacant Number Other Number Used in estimation Number

14 Table R-9. Response rates for the CPI-U, Cleveland- Akron, OH, Commodities Total and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units Eligible 3,409 9,953 Eligible Collected Number 855 Number 3,259 8, Collected Used in estimation Data reported Number 3,111 7,931 Number Found vacant Number Other Number Used in estimation Number Table R-10. Response rates for the CPI-U, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL, Commodities Total and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units Eligible 1,171 4,280 Eligible Collected Number 887 Number 1,145 3, Collected Used in estimation Data reported Number 1,124 3,947 Number Found vacant Number Other Number Used in estimation Number

15 Table R-11. Response rates for the CPI-U, St. Louis, MO-IL, Commodities Total and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units Eligible 1,064 3,785 Eligible Collected Number 511 Number 1,042 3, Collected Used in estimation Data reported Number 1,033 3,596 Number, Found vacant Number Other Number Used in estimation Number Table R-12. Response rates for the CPI-U, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, Commodities Total and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units Eligible 1,259 4,369 Eligible Collected Number 752 Number 1,226 4, Collected Used in estimation Data reported Number 1,207 4,000 Number Found vacant Number Other Number Used in estimation Number

16 Table R-13. Response rates for the CPI-ll, Detroit-Ann Arbor- Flint, Ml, Commodities Total and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units Eligible 5,632 17,278 Eligible Collected Number 723 Number 5,388 14, Collected Used in estimation Data reported Number 5,191 14,147 Number Found vacant Number Other Number Used in estimation Number Table R-14. Response rates for the CPI-U, Houston-Galveston- Brazoria, TX, Commodities Total and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units Eligible 3,225 9,514 Eligible Collected Number 821 Number 3,073 7, Collected Used in estimation Data reported Number 2,943 7,646 Number Found vacant Number Other Number Used in estimation Number

17 Table R-15. Response rates for the CPI-U, Pittsburgh, PA, Commodities Total and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units Eligible 3,070 9,172 Eligible Collected Number 491 Number 2,956 7, Collected Used in estimation Data reported Number 2,853 7,313 Number Found vacant Number Other Number Used in estimation Number

18 Intervention Analysis in Seasonal Adjustment In some Consumer Price (CPI) series, a process known as seasonal adjustment is used to identify and factor out seasonal movement of prices for goods or services. This process permits analysis of nonseasonal price movements. The CPI uses the Bureau of the Census X-12-ARIMA software to calculate factors for seasonal adjustment of both historical and current series. Some CPI series are adjusted using intervention analysis seasonal adjustment techniques. Intervention analysis seasonal adjustment allows nonseasonal economic phenomena, such as outliers and level shifts, to be factored out of indexes before calculation of seasonal adjustment factors. (An outlier is an extreme value for a particular month. A level shift is a change or shift in the price level of a CPI series caused by an event, such as a sales tax increase or oil embargo, occurring over 1 or several months.) The result is an adjustment based on a representation of the series with the seasonal pattern emphasized. Intervention analysis seasonal adjustment also makes it possible to account for seasonal shifts, resulting in a better seasonal adjustment in the periods before and after the shift occurred. Not all CPI series are adjusted using intervention analysis seasonal adjustment techniques. However, for affected series, the resulting seasonal factors better represent the true seasonal pattern than factors calculated without these techniques. The seasonal factors are applied to the original unadjusted series. Level shifts and outliers, removed for the calculation of seasonal factors, are present in the seasonally adjusted series. When X-l2-ARIMA is used to perform intervention analysis seasonal adjustment, unusual events are modeled as part of the seasonal adjustment process. X -12-ARIMA s builtin regression variables are used for directly estimating the effects of sudden level changes and other disruptions and removing those effects before calculation of the seasonal factors. For a comprehensive discussion of X-l 2-ARIMA and intervention analysis seasonal adjustment, see Improvements to CPI Procedures for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment in the December 1996 issue of the CPI Detailed Report. In January, BLS adjusted the series listed below, using intervention analysis seasonal adjustment techniques. BLS examined these series, using the 8-year span from January 1992 through December, with the exception of gasoline, unleaded midgrade, which was adjusted using data from December 1993 through December. Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverages at home Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home Breakfast cereal Educational books and supplies Fats and oils Fuel oil Fuel oil and other fuels Gasoline, all types Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Gasoline, unleaded regular Girls apparel Motor fuel New cars New trucks New vehicles Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials Other household fuels Utility natural gas service Water and sewerage maintenance Whiskey at home Women s dresses Women s outerwear For each series that was seasonally adjusted using X-l 2- ARIMA intervention analysis seasonal adjustment, a list of level shifts is provided in the table below, along with the identified causes (events). Outliers are also included in the list. For further information, write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price es, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 3615, Washington, DC , or call Claire McAnaw Gallagher at (202) Ms. G allagher may also be reached at gallagher_c@bls.gov by . 14

19 Consumer Price series Intervent on analysis seasonal adjustment Series Level shift period(s) Event Outliers Alcoholic beverages None Not applicable 8/95, 2/99, 10/99 Alcoholic beverages at home 1/92-3/92 Increase in beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home, due to increases in brewers costs None Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home 1/92-3/92 1/96-2/96 Increase in brewers costs Increased demand for specialty beers 7/92, 2/93, 7/94 Breakfast cereal 4/96-8/96 Price cutting among manufacturers None Educational books and supplies 11/99 Greater than normal sale on educational reference books None Fats and oils 6/98-10/98 11/98-1/99 11/99 Response to declining domestic butter output and stocks Increased domestic and imported oil supply exceeded demand Anticipation of larger-than-normal soybean and other crops None Fuel oil 10/96 9/99 Suppliers policy of keeping limited inventories on hand, coupled with consumer expectations of a cold winter, resulted in price increases OPEC supply reductions, Y2K demand, and expectations of a colder-than-normal winter 1/96, 4/96, 5/96, 12/99 Fuel oil and other fuels 10/96 9/99 Suppliers policy of keeping limited inventories on hand, coupled with consumer expectatioof a cold winter, resulted in price increases OPEC supply reductions, Y2K demand, and expectations of a colder-than-normal winter 1/94, 1/96, 4/96, 5/96, 12/99 Gasoline, all types 10/93 4/99 6/99-9/99 Increase in Federal motor fuel tax Anticipated cutback of crude oil production by OPEC and other countries Realized effects of a decrease in supply of crude oil by OPEC and other countries 5/96, 7/97, 12/99 Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 4/99 6/99-9/99 Anticipated cutback of crude oil production by OPEC and other countries Realized effects of a decrease in supply of crude oil by OPEC and other countries 5/96, 7/97, 12/99 Gasoline, unleaded premium 10/93 4/99 6/99-9/99 Increase in Federal motor fuel tax Anticipated cutback of crude oil production by OPEC and other countries Realized effects of a decrease in supply of crude oil by OPEC and other countries 5/96, 7/97 12/99 Gasoline, unleaded regular 10/93 4/99 6/99-9/99 Increase in Federal motor fuel tax Anticipated cutback of crude oil production by OPEC and other countries Realized effects of a decrease in supply of crude oil by OPEC and other countries 5/96, 7/97 12/99 Girls apparel None Not applicable 6/92 15

20 Consumer Price series intervenlion analysis seasonal adjustment continued Series Level shift period(s) Event Outliers Motor fuel 10/93 4/99 6/99-9/99 Increase in Federal motor fuel tax Anticipated cutback of crude oil production by OPEC and other countries Realized effects of a decrease in supply of crude oil by OPEC and other countries 5/96,7/97 12/99 New cars None Not applicable 5/98, 6/98 8/98 New trucks 5/98 Price drop in trucks, resulting from loyalty rebates offered by American auto makers 6/98 New vehicles None Not applicable 5/98, 6/98 8/98 Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials 6/94-8/94 3/97-7/97 Coffee price increase due primarily to two freezes in Brazil in July 1994 that combined the effects of a poor crop in Latin America and cartel restrictions Coffee price increases due to labor problems in Columbia and supply problems in Brazil 9/93 Other household fuels 9/96-12/96 1/97-5/97 Utility natural gas service 1/97 4/97 Demand increase in anticipation of a cold winter, declining supply due to a cold European winter, new inventory policies, and increased instability in the Middle East Declining demand for residential oil heat due to a warm spring season High purchased gas adjustments in the Midwest Low purchased gas adjustments in the Midwest None 2/97, 5/97 12/99 Water and sewerage maintenance 3/96 7/96 Incorrect service priced; price increase erroneously attributed to environmental clean-up charge passed on to consumers. Return to pricing of correct service None Whiskey at home None Not applicable 10/98 Women s dresses None Not applicable 3/93, 3/98, 6/98 Women s outerwear None Not applicable 6/92, 7/92 10/93,11/93 16

21 Table 1. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Item and group Relative importance, December Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to from Seasonally adjusted percent change from Oct. to Nov. Nov. to to All items All items ( ) Food and beverages Food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs Dairy and related products ' Fruits and vegetables Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials Other food at home Sugar and sweets Fats and oils Other foods Other miscellaneous foods Food away from home Other food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Lodging away from home Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence Tenants and household insurance Fuels and utilities Fuels Fuel oil and other fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Water and sewer and trash collection services Household furnishings and operations Household operations Apparel Men s and boys apparel Women s and girls apparel Infants and toddlers apparel Footwear Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Motor vehicle parts and equipment Motor vehicle maintenance and repair Public transportation Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Hospital and related services

22 Table 1. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by expenditure category and commodity and service group -Continued Item and group Relative importance, December Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to from Seasonally adjusted percent change from Oct. to Nov. Nov. to to Recreation Video and audio Education and communication Education Educational books and supplies Tuition, other school fees, and childcare Communication Information and information processing Telephone services Information and information processing other than telephone services Personal computers and peripheral equipment Other goods and services Tobacco and smoking products Personal care Personal care products Personal care services Miscellaneous personal services Commodity and service group Commodities Food and beverages Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Apparel Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Tenants and household insurance Gas (piped) and electricity Water and sewer and trash collection services Household operations Transportation services Medical care services Other services Special indexes All items less food All items less shelter All items less medical care Commodities less food Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Nondurables Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Purchasing power of the consumer dollar ( =$1.00)... - $.594 $ Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00)... $.198 $ Not seasonally adjusted. 2 es on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 4 es on a December 1982=100 base. 5 es on a December 1988=100 base. ' Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 18

23 Table 2. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended 6 months ended Oct. Nov. Apr. July Oct. July All items Food and beverages Food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs Dairy and related products ' Fruits and vegetables Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials Other food at home Sugar and sweets Fats and oils Other foods Other miscellaneous foods Food away from home Other food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Lodging away from home Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Tenants and household insurance Fuels and utilities Fuels Fuel oil and other fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Water and sewer and trash collection services Household furnishings and operations Household operations Apparel Men s and boys apparel Women s and girls apparel Infants and toddlers apparel Footwear Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Motor vehicle parts and equipment Motor vehicle maintenance and repair Public transportation Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Hospital and related services

24 Table 2. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city, by expenditure category and commodity and service group -Continued Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended 6 months ended Oct. Nov. Apr. July Oct. July Recreation Video and audio Education and communication Education Educational books and supplies Tuition, other school fees, and childcare Communication Information and information processing Telephone services Information and information processing other than telephone services Personal computers and peripheral equipment Other goods and services Tobacco and smoking products Personal care Personal care products Personal care services Miscellaneous personal services Commodity and service group Commodities Food and beverages Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Apparel Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Tenants and household insurance Gas (piped) and electricity Water and sewer and trash collection services Household operations Transportation services Medical care services Other services Special indexes All items less food All items less shelter All items less medical care Commodities less food Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Nondurables Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Not seasonally adjusted. January,. 2 es on a December 1997=100 base. 4 es on a December 1982=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other 5 es on a December 1988=100 base. item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 20

25 Table 3. Consumer Price for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories Item and Group Relative importance, December Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to from Seasonally adjusted percent change from Oct. to Nov. Nov. to to All items All items ( )... ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Cereals and cereal products Flour and prepared flour mixes Breakfast cereal Rice, pasta, cornmeal Rice Bakery products Bread White bread Bread other than white Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies Cookies Fresh cakes and cupcakes Other bakery products Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts Crackers, bread, and cracker products Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs Meats, poultry, and fish Meats Beef and veal Uncooked ground b e e f Uncooked beef roasts Uncooked beef steaks Uncooked other beef and v e a l Pork Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products Bacon and related products Breakfast sausage and related products Ham Ham, excluding canned Pork chops Other pork including roasts and picnics Other meats Frankfurters Lunchmeats Lamb and organ meats Lamb and mutton Poultry Chicken Fresh whole chicken Fresh and frozen chicken parts Other poultry including turkey Fish and seafood Fresh fish and seafood Processed fish and seafood Canned fish and seafood Frozen fish and seafood Eggs Dairy and related products Milk Fresh whole milk Fresh milk other than whole Cheese and related products Ice cream and related products Other dairy and related products

26 Table 3. Consumer Price for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group Relative importance, December Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to from Seasonally adjusted percent change from Oct. to Nov. Nov. to to Fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits Apples Bananas Citrus fruits Oranges, including tangerines Other fresh fruits Fresh vegetables Potatoes Lettuce Tomatoes Other fresh vegetables Processed fruits and vegetables Canned fruits and vegetables Canned fruits Canned vegetables Frozen fruits and vegetables Frozen vegetables ^ Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried Dried beans, peas, and lentils Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials Juices and nonalcoholic drinks Carbonated drinks Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Beverage materials including coffee and tea Coffee Roasted coffee Instant and freeze dried coffee Other beverage materials including tea Other food at home Sugar and sweets Sugar and artificial sweeteners Candy and chewing gum Other sweets Fats and oils Butter and margarine B u tte r Margarine Salad dressing Other fats and oils including peanut butter Peanut butter Other foods Soups Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods Snacks Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces Salt and other seasonings and spices Olives, pickles, relishes Sauces and gravies Other condiments Baby food Other miscellaneous foods Prepared salads NA NA Food away from home Full service meals and snacks Limited service meals and snacks Food at employee sites and schools Food from vending machines and mobile vendors Other food away from home

27 Table 3. Consumer Price for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group Relative importance, December Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to from Seasonally adjusted percent change from Oct. to Nov. Nov. to to Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverages at home Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home Distilled spirits at home Whiskey at home Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home ' Wine at home Alcoholic beverages away from home Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home ' Wine away from home Distilled spirits away from home ' Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Lodging away from home Housing at school, excluding board Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Tenants and household insurance Fuels and utilities Fuels Fuel oil and other fuels Fuel oil Other household fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Water and sewer and trash collection services Water and sewerage maintenance Garbage and trash collection Household furnishings and operations Window and floor coverings and other linens Floor coverings Window coverings Other linens Furniture and bedding Bedroom furniture Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture Other furniture Appliances Major appliances Laundry equipment Other appliances Other household equipment and furnishings Clocks, lamps, and decorator items Indoor plants and flowers NA Dishes and flatware Nonelectric cookware and tableware Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies Tools, hardware and supplies Outdoor equipment and supplies Housekeeping supplies Household cleaning products Household paper products Miscellaneous household products Household operations Domestic services Gardening and lawncare services Moving, storage, freight expense Repair of household items

28 Table 3. Consumer Price for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group Relative importance, December Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to from Seasonally adjusted percent change from Oct. to Nov. Nov. to to Apparel Men s and boys apparel Men s apparel...: Men s suits, sport coats, and outerwear Men s furnishings Men s shirts and sweaters Men s pants and shorts Boys apparel Women s and girls apparel Women s apparel Women s outerwear Women s dresses Women s suits and separates Women s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories Girls apparel Footwear Men s footwear Boys and girls footwear Women s footwear Infants and toddlers apparel Jewelry and watches W atches Jewelry Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles New cars and trucks New cars New trucks New motorcycles Used cars and trucks Car and truck rental Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Other motor fuels Motor vehicle parts and equipment Tires Vehicle accessories other than tires Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires Motor oil, coolant, and fluids Motor vehicle maintenance and re pair Motor vehicle body work Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing Motor vehicle repair Motor vehicle insurance Motor vehicle fees State and local registration and license Parking and other fees Parking fees and tolls Automobile service clubs Public transportation Airline fare Other intercity transportation Ship fare 1 * Intracity transportation Digitized for FRASER 24

29 Table 3. Consumer Price for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group Relative importance, December Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to from Seasonally adjusted percent change from Oct. to Nov. Nov. to to Medical care... Medical care commodities... Prescription drugs and medical supplies... Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs 1... Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies 1 Medical care services... Professional services 4... Physicians services 4... Dental services 4... Eyeglasses and eye care Services by other medical professionals Hospital and related services 4... Hospital services Inpatient hospital services Outpatient hospital services Nursing homes and adult daycare Recreation 2... Video and audio Televisions 1... Cable television Other video equipment Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental1 2. Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded Rental of video tapes and discs Audio equipm ent1... Audio discs, tapes and other media Pets, pet products and services Pets and pet products 1... Pet food Purchase of pets, pet si )lies, accessories Pet services including veterinary Pet services Veterinarian services Sporting goods 1... Sports vehicles including bicycles 1... Sports equipment1... Photography Photographic equipment and supplies 1... Film and photographic supplies Photographic equipment ' Photographers and film processing Photographer fees 1 2 *... Film processing Other recreational goods 2... Toys... Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment Video game hardware, software and accessories Sewing machines, fabric and supplies Music instruments and accessories Recreation services 2... Club membership dues and fees for participant sports Admissions 1... Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts Admission to sporting events Fees for lessons or instructions 6... Recreational reading materials 1... Newspapers and magazines Recreational books NA NA NA NA Digitized for FRASER 25

30 Table 3. Consumer Price for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group Relative importance, December Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to from Seasonally adjusted percent change from Oct. to Nov. Nov. to to Education and communication Education Educational books and supplies Tuition, other school fees, and childcare College tuition and fees Elementary and high school tuition and fees Child care and nursery school Technical and business school tuition and fees Communication Postage and delivery services Postage Delivery services Information and information processing Telephone services Telephone services, local charges Telephone services, long distance charges Interstate toll calls Intrastate toll calls Cellular telephone services Information and information processing other than telephone services Personal computers and peripheral equipment Computer software and accessories Computer information processing services Other information processing equipment Other goods and services Tobacco and smoking products Cigarettes Tobacco products other than cigarettes Personal care Personal care products Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements Personal care services Haircuts and other personal care services Miscellaneous personal services Legal services Funeral expenses Laundry and dry cleaning services Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning Financial services Checking account and other bank services Tax return preparation and other accounting fees Miscellaneous personal goods Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap Special aggregate indexes Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services All items less food All items less shelter All items less medical care Commodities less food Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Nondurables Digitized for FRASER 26

31 Table 3. Consumer Price for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group Relative importance, December Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to from Seasonally adjusted percent change from Oct. to Nov. Nov. to to Special aggregate indexes Apparel less footwear Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Domestically produced farm food Utilities and public transportation Purchasing power of the consumer dollar ( =$1.00)... $.594 $.593 ~ - Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00)... $.198 $ Not seasonally adjusted. 2 es on a December 1997=100 base. 3 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 4 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 5 es on a December 1982=100 base. 6 es on a December 1986=100 base. 7 es on a December 1983=100 base. 8 es on a December 1990=100 base. 9 es on a December 1993=100 base. 10 es on a December 1996=100 base. 11 es on a December 1988=100 base. NA Data not adequate for publication. ' Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Digitized for FRASER 27

32 Table 4. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended 6 months ended Oct. Nov. Apr. July Oct. July All items Food and beverages Food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Cereals and cereal products Flour and prepared flour mixes Breakfast cereal Rice, pasta, cornmeal Rice Bakery products Bread White bread Bread other than white Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies Cookies Fresh cakes and cupcakes Other bakery products Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts Crackers, bread, and cracker products Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs Meats, poultry, and fish Meats Beef and veal Uncooked ground b e e f Uncooked beef roasts Uncooked beef steaks Uncooked other beef and v e a l Pork Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 12, Bacon and related products Breakfast sausage and related products Ham Ham, excluding canned Pork chops Other pork including roasts and picnics Other meats Frankfurters Lunchmeats Lamb and organ meats Lamb and mutton Poultry Chicken Fresh whole chicken Fresh and frozen chicken parts Other poultry including turkey Fish and seafood Fresh fish and seafood Processed fish and seafood Canned fish and seafood Frozen fish and seafood E g g s Dairy and related products Milk Fresh whole milk Fresh milk other than whole Cheese and related products Ice cream and related products Other dairy and related products Digitized for FRASER 28

33 Table 4. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended 6 months ended Oct. Nov. Apr. July Oct. July Fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits Apples Bananas Citrus fruits Oranges, including tangerines Other fresh fruits Fresh vegetables Potatoes Lettuce Tomatoes Other fresh vegetables Processed fruits and vegetables Canned fruits and vegetables Canned fruits Canned vegetables Frozen fruits and vegetables Frozen vegetables Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried Dried beans, peas, and lentils Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials Juices and nonalcoholic drinks Carbonated drinks Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Beverage materials including coffee and tea Coffee Roasted coffee Instant and freeze dried coffee Other beverage materials including tea Other food at home Sugar and sweets Sugar and artificial sweeteners Candy and chewing gum Other sweets Fats and oils Butter and margarine Butter Margarine Salad dressing Other fats and oils including peanut butter Peanut butter Other foods Soups Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods Snacks Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces Salt and other seasonings and spices Olives, pickles, relishes Sauces and gravies Other condiments Baby food Other miscellaneous foods Prepared salads NA NA NA NA Food away from home Full service meals and snacks Limited service meals and snacks Food at employee sites and schools Food from vending machines and mobile vendors Other food away from home

34 Table 4. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended 6 months ended Oct. Nov. Apr. July Oct. July Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverages at home Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home Distilled spirits at home Whiskey at home Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home Wine at home Alcoholic beverages away from home Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home Wine away from home Distilled spirits away from home Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Lodging away from home Housing at school, excluding board Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Tenants and household insurance Fuels and utilities Fuels Fuel oil and other fuels Fuel oil Other household fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Water and sewer and trash collection services Water and sewerage maintenance Garbage and trash collection Household furnishings and operations Window and floor coverings and other linens Floor coverings Window coverings Other linens Furniture and bedding Bedroom furniture Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture Other furniture Appliances Major appliances Laundry equipm ent Other appliances Other household equipment and furnishings Clocks, lamps, and decorator items Indoor plants and flowers NA Dishes and flatware Nonelectric cookware and tableware Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies Tools, hardware and supplies Outdoor equipment and supplies Housekeeping supplies Household cleaning products Household paper products Miscellaneous household products Household operations Domestic services Gardening and lawncare services Moving, storage, freight expense Repair of household items

35 Table 4. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended 6 months ended Oct. Nov. Apr. July Oct. July Apparel Men's and boys' apparel Men s apparel Men s suits, sport coats, and outerwear Men s furnishings Men s shirts and sweaters Men s pants and shorts Boys apparel Women s and girls apparel Women s apparel Women s outerwear Women s dresses Women s suits and separates Women s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories Girls apparel Footwear Men s footwear Boys and girls footwear Women s footwear Infants and toddlers apparel Jewelry and watches W atches Jewelry Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles New cars and trucks New cars New trucks New motorcycles Used cars and trucks Car and truck re ntal Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Other motor fuels Motor vehicle parts and equipment Tires Vehicle accessories other than tires Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires Motor oil, coolant, and fluids Motor vehicle maintenance and repair Motor vehicle body work Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing Motor vehicle re pair Motor vehicle insurance Motor vehicle fees State and local registration and license Parking and other fees Parking fees and tolls Automobile service clubs Public transportation Airline fare Other intercity transportation Ship fare 1 * Intracity transportation

36 Table 4. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended 6 months ended Oct. Nov. Apr. July Oct. July Medical care... Medical care commodities... Prescription drugs and medical supplies... Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs 1... Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies 1... Medical care services... Professional services 4... Physicians services 4... Dental services 4... Eyeglasses and eye care Services by other medical professionals Hospital and related services 4... Hospital services Inpatient hospital services Outpatient hospital services Nursing homes and adult daycare Recreation 2... Video and audio Televisions 1... Cable television Other video equipment Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental1 2 Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded Rental of video tapes and discs Audio equipment1... Audio discs, tapes and other media Pets, pet products and services Pets and pet products 1... Pet food Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories Pet services including veterinary Pet services Veterinarian services Sporting goods 1... Sports vehicles including bicycles 1... Sports equipm ent1... Photography Photographic equipment and supplies 1... Film and photographic supplies Photographic equipm ent Photographers and film processing Photographer fees Film processing Other recreational goods 2... Toys... Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment Video game hardware, software and accessories Sewing machines, fabric and supplies Music instruments and accessories Recreation services 2... Club membership dues and fees for participant sports Admissions Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts Admission to sporting events Fees for lessons or instructions 6... Recreational reading materials 1... Newspapers and magazines Recreational books NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

37 Table 4. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended 6 months ended Oct. Nov. Apr. July Oct. July Education and communication Education Educational books and supplies Tuition, other school fees, and childcare College tuition and fees Elementary and high school tuition and fees Child care and nursery school Technical and business school tuition and fees Communication Postage and delivery services Postage Delivery services Information and information processing Telephone services Telephone services, local charges Telephone services, long distance charges Interstate toll calls Intrastate toll calls Cellular telephone services Information and information processing other than telephone services Personal computers and peripheral equipment Computer software and accessories Computer information processing services Other information processing equipment Other goods and services Tobacco and smoking products Cigarettes Tobacco products other than cigarettes Personal care Personal care products Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements Personal care services Haircuts and other personal care services Miscellaneous personal services Legal services Funeral expenses Laundry and dry cleaning services Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning Financial services :2 5.3 Checking account and other bank services Tax return preparation and other accounting fees Miscellaneous personal goods Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap Special aggregate indexes Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services All items less food All items less shelter All items less medical care Commodities less food Nondurables less food See footnotes at ond of table. Digitized for FRASER 33

38 Table 4. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended 6 months ended Oct. Nov. Apr. July Oct. July Special aggregate indexes Nondurables less food and apparel Nondurables Apparel less footwear Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Domestically produced farm food Utilities and public transportation Not seasonally adjusted. 2 es on a December 1997=100 base. 3 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 4 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 5 es on a December 1982=100 base. 6 es on a December 1986=100 base. 7 es on a December 1983=100 base. 8 es on a December 1990=100 base. 9 es on a December 1993=100 base. 10 es on a December 1996=100 base. 11 es on a December 1988=100 base. NA Data not adequate for publication. " Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Digitized for FRASER 34

39 Table 5. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, unadjusted indexes for special detailed expenditure categories1 Item es 1-month percent changes ended change to from Oct. Nov. Oct. Nov. Food and beverages R ic e W hite bread Bread other than white Fresh cakes and cupcakes Cookies Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts Crackers, bread, and cracker products Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers Bacon and related products Breakfast sausage and related products Ham, excluding canned Frankfurters Lunchm eats Lamb and organ meats Lamb and mutton Fresh whole chicken Fresh and frozen chicken parts Canned fish and seafood Frozen fish and seafood Fresh whole milk Fresh milk other than whole Oranges, including tangerines Canned fruits Canned vegetables Frozen vegetables Dried beans, peas, and lentils Roasted coffee Instant and freeze dried coffee Butter Margarine Peanut butter Salt and other seasonings and spices Olives, pickles, relishes Sauces and gravies Other condiments Prepared salads 2... NA NA NA NA Whiskey at home Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home Wine away from home Distilled spirits away from home Housing L a u n d ry equipm ent T ransportation New cars and trucks New cars New trucks New motorcycles Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires Motor oil, coolant, and fluids Parking fees and tolls Automobile service clubs Ship fare Medical care Inpatient hospital services Outpatient hospital services Digitized for FRASER 35

40 Table 5. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, unadjusted indexes for special detailed expenditure categories1-continued Item es 1-month percent changes ended change to from Oct. Nov. Oct. Nov. Recreation Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded Rental of video tapes and discs P e tfo o d Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories Pet services Veterinarian services Film and photographic supplies Photographic equipment ^ Photographer fees 2... NA NA NA NA Film processing Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment Video game hardware, software and accessories 2... NA NA NA NA Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts Admission to sporting events Education and communication Interstate toll calls Intrastate toll calls Other goods and services Checking account and other bank services Tax return preparation and other accounting fees Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. es on a December 1997=100 base. es on a December 1983=100 base. es on a December 1986=100 base. es on a December 1993=100 base. es on a December 1996=100 base. 7 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. NA Data not adequate for publication. Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 36

41 Table 6. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Item and group Relative importance, December Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to from Seasonally adjusted percent change from Oct. to Nov. Nov. to to All items All items ( )... " Food and beverages Food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs Dairy and related products Fruits and vegetables Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials Other food at home Sugar and sweets Fats and oils Other foods Other miscellaneous foods Food away from home Other food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Lodging away from home Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Tenants and household insurance Fuels and utilities Fuels Fuel oil and other fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Water and sewer and trash collection services Household furnishings and operations Household operations Apparel Men s and boys apparel Women s and girls apparel Infants and toddlers apparel Footwear Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Motor vehicle parts and equipment Motor vehicle maintenance and repair Public transportation Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Hospital and related services

42 Table 6. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, by expenditure category and commodity and service group -Continued Item and group Relative importance, December Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to from Seasonally adjusted percent change from Oct. to Nov. Nov. to to Recreation Video and audio Education and communication Education Educational books and supplies Tuition, other school fees, and childcare Communication Information and information processing Telephone services Information and information processing other than telephone services Personal computers and peripheral equipment Other goods and services Tobacco and smoking products Personal care Personal care products Personal care services Miscellaneous personal services Commodity and service group Commodities Food and beverages Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Apparel Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Tenants and household insurance Gas (piped) and electricity Water and sewer and trash collection services Household operations Transportation services Medical care services Other services Special indexes All items less food All items less shelter All items less medical care Commodities less food Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Nondurables Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Purchasing power of the consumer dollar ( =$1.00)... - $.606 $ Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00)... $.203 $ Not seasonally adjusted. 2 es on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 4 es on a December 1984=100 base 5 es on a December 1988=100 base. ' Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Digitized for FRASER 38

43 Table 7. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended 6 months ended Oct. Nov. Apr. July Oct. July All items Food and beverages Food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs Dairy and related products ' Fruits and vegetables Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials Other food at home Sugar and sweets Fats and oils Other foods Other miscellaneous foods Food away from home Other food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Lodging away from home Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Tenants and household insurance Fuels and utilities Fuels Fuel oil and other fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Water and sewer and trash collection services Household furnishings and operations Household operations Apparel Men s and boys apparel Women s and girls apparel Infants and toddlers apparel Footwear Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Motor vehicle parts and equipment Motor vehicle maintenance and repair Public transportation Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Hospital and related services

44 Table 7. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city, by expenditure category and commodity and service group -Continued Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended 6 months ended Oct. Nov. Apr. July Oct. July Recreation Video and audio Education and communication Education Educational books and supplies Tuition, other school fees, and childcare Communication Information and information processing Telephone services Information and information processing other than telephone services Personal computers and peripheral equipment Other goods and services Tobacco and smoking products Personal care Personal care products Personal care services Miscellaneous personal services Commodity and service group Commodities Food and beverages Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Apparel Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Tenants and household insurance Gas (piped) and electricity Water and sewer and trash collection services Household operations Transportation services Medical care services Other services Special indexes All items less food All items less shelter All items less medical care Commodities less food Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Nondurables Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Not seasonally adjusted. January,. 2 es on a December 1997=100 base. 4 es on a December 1984=100 base 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other 5 es on a December 1988=100 base. item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 40

45 Table 8. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories Item and Group Relative importance, December Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to from Seasonally adjusted percent change from Oct. to Nov. Nov. to to All items All items ( )... ' ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Cereals and cereal products Flour and prepared flour mixes Breakfast cereal Rice, pasta, cornmeal Bakery products Bread Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies Other bakery products Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs Meats, poultry, and fish Meats Beef and veal Uncooked ground b e e f Uncooked beef roasts Uncooked beef steaks Uncooked other beef and v e a l Pork Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products Ham Pork chops Other pork including roasts and picnics Other meats Poultry Chicken Other poultry including turkey Fish and seafood Fresh fish and seafood Processed fish and seafood E g g s Dairy and related products Milk Cheese and related products Ice cream and related products Other dairy and related products Fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits Apples Bananas Citrus fruits Other fresh fruits Fresh vegetables Potatoes Lettuce Tomatoes Other fresh vegetables Processed fruits and vegetables Canned fruits and vegetables Frozen fruits and vegetables Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried Digitized for FRASER 41

46 Table 8. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group Relative importance, December Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to from Seasonally adjusted percent change from Oct. to Nov. Nov. to to Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials Juices and nonalcoholic drinks Carbonated drinks Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Beverage materials including coffee and tea Coffee Other beverage materials including tea Other food at home Sugar and sweets Sugar and artificial sweeteners Candy and chewing gum Other sweets Fats and oils Butter and margarine Salad dressing Other fats and oils including peanut butter Other foods Soups Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods Snacks Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces Baby food Other miscellaneous foods Food away from home Full service meals and snacks Limited service meals and snacks Food at employee sites and schools Food from vending machines and mobile vendors Other food away from home Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverages at home Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home Distilled spirits at home Wine at home Alcoholic beverages away from home Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Lodging away from home Housing at school, excluding board Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Tenants and household insurance Fuels and utilities Fuels Fuel oil and other fuels Fuel oil Other household fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Water and sewer and trash collection services Water and sewerage maintenance Garbage and trash collection Household furnishings and operations Window and floor coverings and other linens Floor coverings Window coverings Other linens Furniture and bedding Bedroom furniture Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture Other furniture Digitized for FRASER 42

47 Table 8. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group Relative importance, December Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to from Seasonally adjusted percent change from Oct. to Nov. Nov. to to Appliances Major appliances Other appliances Other household equipment and furnishings Clocks lamps and decorator items Indoor plants and flowers NA Dishes and flatware Nonelectric cookware and tableware Tools hardware outdoor equipment and supplies Tools hardware and supplies Outdoor equipment and supplies Housekeeping supplies Household cleaning products Household paper products Miscellaneous household products p Household operations Domestic services Gardening and lawncare services Moving storage freight expense Repair of household items Apparel Men s and boys apparel Men s apparel Men s suits sport coats and outerwear Men s furnishings Men s shirts and sweaters Men s pants and shorts Boys apparel Women s and girls apparel Women s apparel Women s outerwear Women s dresses Women s suits and separates Women s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories Girls apparel Footwear Men s footwear Boys and girls footwear Women s footwear Infants and toddlers apparel Jewelry and watches Watches Jewelry Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles Used cars and trucks Car and truck rental Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline unleaded regular Gasoline unleaded midgrade Gasoline unleaded premium Other motor fuels Motor vehicle parts and equipment Tires Vehicle accessories other than tires Motor vehicle maintenance and repair Motor vehicle body work Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing Motor vehicle repair

48 Table 8. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group Relative importance, December Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to from Seasonally adjusted percent change from Oct. to Nov. Nov. to to Motor vehicle insurance Motor vehicle fees State and local registration and license Parking and other fees Public transportation Airline fare Other intercity transportation Intracity transportation Medical care Medical care commodities Prescription drugs and medical supplies Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies Medical care services Professional services Physicians services Dental services Eyeglasses and eye care Services by other medical professionals Hospital and related services Hospital services Inpatient hospital services Outpatient hospital services Nursing homes and adult daycare Recreation Video and audio Televisions Cable television Other video equipm ent Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental Audio equipment Audio discs, tapes and other media Pets, pet products and services Pets and pet products Pet services including veterinary Sporting goods Sports vehicles including bicycles Sports equipm ent Photography Photographic equipment and supplies Photographers and film processing Other recreational goods Toys Sewing machines, fabric and supplies Music instruments and accessories Recreation services Club membership dues and fees for participant sports Admissions Fees for lessons or instructions Recreational reading materials Newspapers and magazines Recreational books Education and communication Education Educational books and supplies Tuition, other school fees, and childcare College tuition and fees Elementary and high school tuition and fees Child care and nursery school Technical and business school tuition and fees

49 Table 8. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group Relative importance, December Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to from Seasonally adjusted percent change from Oct. to Nov. Nov. to to Communication Postage and delivery services Postage Delivery services Information and information processing Telephone services Telephone services, local charges Telephone services, long distance charges Cellular telephone services Information and information processing other than telephone services Personal computers and peripheral equipment Computer software and accessories Computer information processing services Other information processing equipment Other goods and services Tobacco and smoking products Cigarettes Tobacco products other than cigarettes Personal care Personal care products Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements Personal care services Haircuts and other personal care services Miscellaneous personal services Legal services Funeral expenses Laundry and dry cleaning services Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning Financial services Miscellaneous personal goods Special aggregate indexes Commodities A.1 Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services All items less food All items less shelter All items less medical care Commodities less food Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Nondurables Apparel less footwear Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services

50 Table 8. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group Relative importance, December Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to from Seasonally adjusted percent change from Oct. to Nov. Nov. to to Special aggregate indexes Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Domestically produced farm food Utilities and public transportation Purchasing power of the consumer dollar ( =$1.00)... $.606 $.604 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00)... $.203 $ Not seasonally adjusted. 2 es on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 4 es on a December 1984=100 base 5 es on a December 1986=100 base. 6 es on a December 1983=100 base. 7 es on a December 1990=100 base. 8 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 9 es on a December 1993=100 base. 10 es on a December 1996=100 base. 11 es on a December 1988=100 base. NA Data not adequate for publication. " Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 46

51 Table 9. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended 6 months ended Oct. Nov. Apr. July Oct. July All items Food and beverages Food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Cereals and cereal products Flour and prepared flour mixes Breakfast cereal Rice, pasta, cornmeal Bakery products Bread Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies Other bakery products Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs Meats, poultry, and fish Meats Beef and veal Uncooked ground b e e f Uncooked beef roasts Uncooked beef steaks Uncooked other beef and v e a l Pork Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products Ham Pork chops Other pork including roasts and picnics Other meats Poultry Chicken Other poultry including turkey Fish and seafood Fresh fish and seafood Processed fish and seafood Eggs Dairy and related products Milk Cheese and related products Ice cream and related products Other dairy and related products Fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits Apples Bananas Citrus fruits Other fresh fruits Fresh vegetables Potatoes Lettuce Tomatoes Other fresh vegetables Processed fruits and vegetables Canned fruits and vegetables Frozen fruits and vegetables Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried

52 Table 9. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended 6 months ended Oct. Nov. Apr. July Oct. July Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials Juices and nonalcoholic drinks Carbonated drinks Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Beverage materials including coffee and tea Coffee Other beverage materials including tea Other food at home Sugar and sweets Sugar and artificial sweeteners Candy and chewing gum Other sweets Fats and oils Butter and margarine Salad dressing Other fats and oils including peanut butter Other foods Soups Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods Snacks Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces Baby food Other miscellaneous foods Food away from home Full service meals and snacks Limited service meals and snacks Food at employee sites and schools Food from vending machines and mobile vendors Other food away from home Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverages at home Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home Distilled spirits at home Wine at home Alcoholic beverages away from home Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Lodging away from home Housing at school, excluding board Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Tenants and household insurance Fuels and utilities Fuels Fuel oil and other fuels Fuel oil Other household fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Water and sewer and trash collection services Water and sewerage maintenance Garbage and trash collection Household furnishings and operations Window and floor coverings and other linens Floor coverings Window coverings Other linens Furniture and bedding Bedroom furniture Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture Other furniture

53 Table 9. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended 6 months ended Oct. Nov. Apr. July Oct. July Appliances Major appliances Other appliances Other household equipment and furnishings Clocks lamps and decorator items Indoor plants and flowers NA Dishes and flatware Nonelectric cookware and tableware Tools hardware outdoor equipment and supplies Tools hardware and supplies Outdoor equipment and supplies Housekeeping supplies Household cleaning products Household paper products Miscellaneous household products Household operations Domestic services Gardening and lawncare services Moving storage, freight expense Repair of household items Apparel Men s and boys apparel Men s apparel Men s suits sport coats, and outerwear Men s furnishings Men s shirts and sweaters Men s pants and shorts Boys apparel Women s and girls apparel Women s apparel Women s outerwear Women s dresses Women s suits and separates Women s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories Girls apparel Footwear Men s footwear Boys and girls footwear Women s footwear Infants and toddlers apparel Jewelry and watches Watches Jewelry Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles Used cars and trucks Car and truck rental Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline unleaded regular Gasoline unleaded midgrade Gasoline unleaded premium Other motor fuels Motor vehicle parts and equipment Tires Vehicle accessories other than tires Motor vehicle maintenance and re pair Motor vehicle body work Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing Motor vehicle re pair Digitized for FRASER 49

54 Table 9. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended 6 months ended Oct. Nov. Apr. July Oct. July Motor vehicle insurance Motor vehicle fees State and local registration and license Parking and other fees Public transportation Airline fare Other intercity transportation Intracity transportation Medical care Medical care commodities Prescription drugs and medical supplies Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies Medical care services Professional services Physicians services Dental services Eyeglasses and eye care Services by other medical professionals Hospital and related services Hospital services Inpatient hospital services Outpatient hospital services Nursing homes and adult daycare Recreation Video and audio Televisions Cable television Other video equipment Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental Audio equipment Audio discs, tapes and other media Pets, pet products and services Pets and pet products Pet services including veterinary Sporting goods Sports vehicles including bicycles Sports equipm ent Photography Photographic equipment and supplies Photographers and film processing Other recreational goods Toys Sewing machines, fabric and supplies Music instruments and accessories Recreation services Club membership dues and fees for participant sports Admissions Fees for lessons or instructions Recreational reading materials Newspapers and magazines Recreational books Education and communication Education Educational books and supplies Tuition, other school fees, and childcare College tuition and fees Elementary and high school tuition and fees Child care and nursery school Technical and business school tuition and fees

55 Table 9. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended 6 months ended Oct. Nov. Apr. July Oct. July Communication Postage and delivery services Postage Delivery services Information and information processing Telephone services Telephone services, local charges Telephone services, long distance charges Cellular telephone services Information and information processing other than telephone services Personal computers and peripheral equipment Computer software and accessories Computer information processing services Other information processing equipment Other goods and services Tobacco and smoking products Cigarettes Tobacco products other than cigarettes Personal care Personal care products Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements Personal care services Haircuts and other personal care services Miscellaneous personal services Legal services Funeral expenses Laundry and dry cleaning services Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning Financial services Miscellaneous personal goods Special aggregate indexes Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services All items less food All items less shelter All items less medical care Commodities less food Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Nondurables Apparel less footwear Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services

56 Table 9. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended 6 months ended Oct. Nov. Apr. July Oct. July Special aggregate indexes Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Domestically produced farm food Utilities and public transportation Not seasonally adjusted. 2 es on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 4 es on a December 1984=100 base 5 es on a December 1986=100 base. 6 es on a December 1983=100 base. 7 es on a December 1990=100 base. 8 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 9 es on a December 1993=100 base. 10 es on a December 1996=100 base. 11 es on a December 1988=100 base. NA Data not adequate for publication. ' Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Digitized for FRASER 52

57 Table 10. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index All items Area Pricing schedule 1 Oct. Nov. es change to from Nov. change to from Oct. Nov. U.S. city... M Region and area size2 Northeast urban... M Size A - More than 1,500, M Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500, M Midwest urban... M Size A - More than 1,500, M Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, M Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)... M South urban... M Size A - More than 1,500, M Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, M Size D - Non metropolitan (less than 50,000)... M West urban... M Size A - More than 1,500, M Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, M Size classes A 4... M B/C 3... M D... M Selected local areas5 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI... M Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA.. M New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA... M Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Cleveland-Akron, OH Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Atlanta, GA Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Ml Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA _ Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; most other goods and services priced as indicated: M - Every month. 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 3 es on a December 1996=100 base. 4 es on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, Wl; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 es on a November 1996=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national CPI for use in their escalator clauses. Digitized for FRASER 53

58 Table 11. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Regions1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Northeast Midwest South West Item and group change from change from change from change from All items All items (December 1977=100) " ' " ' " Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles New cars and trucks New cars Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services

59 Table 11. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Regions1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Northeast Midwest South West Item and group change from change from change from change from Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less food All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy... Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 3 es on a December 1982=100 base. 4 es on a December 1997=100 base. 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 6 es on a December 1993=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Digitized for FRASER 55

60 Table 12. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D Item and group change from change from change from All items All items (December 1977=100) * Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles New cars and trucks New cars Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services Digitized for FRASER 56

61 Table 12. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D Item and group change from change from change from Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less food All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services See region and area size on Table 10 for information about population size classes. 2 es on a December 1986=100 base. 3 es on a December 1997=100 base. 4 The All items index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 5 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 6 es on a December 1982=100 base. 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 es on a December 1993=100 base. ' Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 57

62 Table 13. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Northeast Size class A Size class B /C 2» Item and group change from change from All items All items (December 1977=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Digitized for FRASER 58

63 Table 13. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Midwest Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D Item and group change from change from change from All items All items (December 1977=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Digitized for FRASER 59

64 Table 13. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued South Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D Item and group change from change from change from All items All items (December 1977=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

65 Table 13. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued West Size class A Size class B/C: 2 Item and group change from change from All items All items (December ) ' " ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy See region and area size on Table 10 for information about cross classifications. 2 es on a December 1997=100 base. 3 The All items index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 4 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 5 es on a December 1982=100 base. 6 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 7 es on a December 1993=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Digitized for FRASER 61

66 Table 14. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Food at home, selected areas Food at home Area Pricing schedule 1 Oct. Nov. es change to from Nov. change to from Oct. Nov. U.S. city... M Region and area size2 Northeast urban... M Size A - More than 1,500, M Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500, M Midwest urban... M Size A - More than 1,500, M Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, M Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)... M South urban... M Size A - More than 1,500, M Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, M Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)... M West urban... M Size A - More than 1,500, M Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, M Size classes A 4... M B/C 3... M D... M Selected local areas Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI... M Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA.. M New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA... M Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Cleveland-Akron, OH Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Atlanta, GA Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Ml Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical most other goods and services priced as indicated: notes. M - Every month. 3 es on a December 1997=100 base. 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 4 es on a December 1986=100 base. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 62

67 Table 15. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Areas priced monthly, by expenditure category and commodity and service group U.S. city Chicago- Gary- Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Los Angeles- Riverside- Orange County, CA New York- Northern N J - Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Item and group change from change from change from change from All items All items (1967=100) ' ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item 4 es on a December 1993=100 base, stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 5 es on a December 1997=100 base. 2 es on a December 1982=100 base. ' Data not available. 3 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 63

68 Table 16. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Monthly cities and pricing schedule 11 Item and group U.S. city Boston- Brockton- Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Chicago- Gary- Kenosha, IL-IN-WI change from change from change from Nov. Nov. Nov. All items AH items (1967=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

69 Table 16. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Monthly cities and pricing schedule 11 Cleveland- Akron, OH Dallas- Fort Worth, TX Los Angeles- Riverside- Orange County, CA Item and group change from change from change from Nov. Nov. Nov. All items All items ( ) ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy See footnotes at end ot table. 65

70 Table 16. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Monthly cities and pricing schedule 11 Item and group New York- Northern N.J.- Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Washington- Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 2 change from change from Nov. Nov. All items All items (1967=100) ' ' ' ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 2 For Washington-Baltimore, indexes are on a December 1997=100 base unless otherwise noted. 3 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1996=100 base. 4 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1997=100 base. 5 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 6 es on a December 1982=100 base. 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 es on a December 1993=100 base. 9 es on a December 1997=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific c 6 6

71 Table 17. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index All items Area Pricing schedule 1 Oct. Nov. es change to from Nov. change to from Oct. Nov. U.S. city... M Region and area size2 Northeast urban... M Size A - More than 1,500, M Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500, M Midwest urban... M Size A - More than 1,500, M Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, M Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)... M South urban... M Size A - More than 1,500, M Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, M Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)... M West urban... M Size A - More than 1,500, M Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, M Size classes A 4... M B/C 3... M D... M Selected local areas5 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI... M Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA.. M New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA... M Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Cleveland-Akron, OH Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Atlanta, GA Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Ml Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; most other goods and services priced as indicated: M - Every month. 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 3 es on a December 1996=100 base. 4 es on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, Wl; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 es on a November 1996=100 base. " Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national CPI for use in their escalator clauses. 67

72 Table 18. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Northeast Midwest South West Item and group change from change from change from change from All items All items (December 1977=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations., Apparel Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages, Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services

73 Table 18. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Northeast Midwest South West Item and group change from change from change from change from Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less food All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 3 es on a December 1984=100 base 4 es on a December 1997=100 base. 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 6 es on a December 1993=100 base. ' Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 69

74 Table 19. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D Item and group change from change from change from All items All items (December 1977=100) ' " Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services

75 Table 19. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D Item and group change from change from change from Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less food All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services See region and area size on Table 10 for information about population size classes. 2 es on a December 1986=100 base. 3 es on a December 1997=100 base. 4 The All items index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 5 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 6 es on a December 1984=100 base 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 es on a December 1993=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Digitized for FRASER 71

76 Table 20. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Northeast Size class A Size class B/C 2 Item and group change from change from All items All items (December 1977=100) ~ ' " Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services All items less energy All items less food and energy

77 Table 20. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Midwest Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D Item and group change from change from change from All items All items (December 1977=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

78 Table 20. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued South Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D Item and group change from change from change from All items All items (December 1977=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy ,.2 74

79 Table 20. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued West Size class A Size class B/C 2 Item and group change from change from All items All items (December 1977=100) ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular6..., Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy See region and area size on Table 10 for information about cross classifications. 2 es on a December 1997=100 base. 3 The All items index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 4 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 5 es on a December 1984=100 base 6 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 7 es on a December 1993=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 75

80 Table 21. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Food at home, selected areas Food at home Area Pricing schedule 1 Oct. Nov. es change to from Nov. change to from Oct. Nov. U.S. city... M Region and area size2 Northeast urban... M Size A - More than 1,500, M Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500, M Midwest urban... M Size A - More than 1,500, M Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, M Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)... M South urban... M Size A - More than 1,500, M Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, M Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)... M West urban... M Size A - More than 1,500, M Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, M Size classes A 4... M B/C 3... M D... M Selected local areas Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI... M Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA.. M New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA... M Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Cleveland-Akron, OH Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Atlanta, GA Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Ml Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical most other goods and services priced as indicated: notes. M - Every month. 3 es on a December 1997=100 base. 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 4 es on a December 1986=100 base. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 76

81 Table 22. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Areas priced monthly, by expenditure category and commodity and service group U.S. city Chicago- Gary- Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Los Angeles- Riverside- Orange County, CA New York- Northern N.J.- Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Item and group change from change from change from change from All items All items ( ) " ' ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item 4 es on a December 1993=100 base, stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 5 es on a December 1997=100 base. 2 es on a December 1984=100 base ' Data not available. 3 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 77

82 Table 23. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Monthly cities and pricing schedule 11 Item and group U.S. city Boston- Brockton- Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Chlcago- Gary- Kenosha, IL-IN-WI change from change from change from Nov. Nov. Nov. All items All items (1967=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

83 Table 23. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Monthly cities and pricing schedule 11 Cleveland- Akron, OH Dallas- Fort Worth, TX Los Angeles- Riverside- Orange County, CA Item and group change from change from change from Nov. Nov. Nov. All items All items ( ) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

84 Table 23. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Monthly cities and pricing schedule 11 Item and group New York- Northern N.J.- Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Washington- Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 2 change from change from Nov. Nov. All items All items (1967=100) ' ' * Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 2 For Washington-Baltimore, indexes are on a December 1997=100 base unless otherwise noted. 3 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1996=100 base. 4 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1997=100 base. 5 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 6 es on a December 1984=100 base 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 es on a December 1993=100 base. 9 es on a December 1997=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 80

85 !4. Historical Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city, all items ^100, unless otherwise noted) Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Semiannual s 1st half 2nd half avg. change from previous avg ' " " ' ' ~ ~

86 Table 24. Historical Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city, all items-continued Year Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Semiannual s 1st half 2nd half avg. change from previous avg ' Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 82

87 Table 25. Historical Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories Unadjusted indexes Item and group December All items All items ( ) Food and beverages Food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Cereals and cereal products Flour and prepared flour mixes Breakfast cereal Rice, pasta, cornmeal Rice Bakery products Bread White bread Bread other than white Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies Cookies Fresh cakes and cupcakes Other bakery products Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts Crackers, bread, and cracker products Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs Meats, poultry, and fish Meats Beef and veal Uncooked ground beef Uncooked beef roasts Uncooked beef steaks Uncooked other beef and v e a l Pork Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products Bacon and related products Breakfast sausage and related products Ham Ham, excluding canned Pork chops Other pork including roasts and picnics Other meats Frankfurters Lunchmeats Lamb and organ meats Lamb and mutton Poultry Chicken Fresh whole chicken Fresh and frozen chicken parts Other poultry including turkey Fish and seafood Fresh fish and seafood Processed fish and seafood Canned fish and seafood Frozen fish and seafood Eggs Dairy and related products M ilk Fresh whole milk Fresh milk other than whole Cheese and related products Ice cream and related products Other dairy and related products Digitized for FRASER 83

88 Table 25. Historical Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued Unadjusted indexes Item and group December Fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits Apples Bananas Citrus fruits Oranges, including tangerines Other fresh fruits Fresh vegetables Potatoes Lettuce Tomatoes Other fresh vegetables Processed fruits and vegetables Canned fruits and vegetables Canned fruits Canned vegetables Frozen fruits and vegetables Frozen vegetables Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried Dried beans, peas, and lentils Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials Juices and nonalcoholic drinks Carbonated drinks Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Beverage materials including coffee and tea Coffee Roasted coffee Instant and freeze dried coffee Other beverage materials including tea Other food at home Sugar and sweets Sugar and artificial sweeteners Candy and chewing gum Other sweets Fats and oils Butter and margarine Butter Margarine Salad dressing Other fats and oils including peanut butter Peanut b u tte r * * Other foods Soups Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods Snacks Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces Salt and other seasonings and spices Olives, pickles, relishes Sauces and gravies Other condiments Baby food Other miscellaneous foods Prepared salads NA NA Food away from home Full service meals and snacks Limited service meals and snacks Food at employee sites and schools Food from vending machines and mobile vendors Other food away from home

89 Table 25. Historical Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued Unadjusted indexes Item and group December Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverages at home Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home Distilled spirits at home Whiskey at home Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home Wine at home Alcoholic beverages away from home Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home Wine away from home Distilled spirits away from home " " - ' ' Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Lodging away from home Housing at school, excluding board Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Tenants and household insurance Fuels and utilities Fuels Fuel oil and other fuels Fuel oil Other household fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Water and sewer and trash collection services Water and sewerage maintenance Garbage and trash collection Household furnishings and operations Window and floor coverings and other linens Floor coverings Window coverings Other linens Furniture and bedding Bedroom furniture Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture Other furniture Appliances Major appliances * Laundry equipment Other appliances Other household equipment and furnishings Clocks, lamps, and decorator items Indoor plants and flowers NA Dishes and flatware Nonelectric cookware and tableware Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies Tools, hardware and supplies Outdoor equipment and supplies Housekeeping supplies Household cleaning products Household paper products Miscellaneous household products Household operations Domestic services 1... * * Gardening and lawncare services Moving, storage, freight expense 1... * Repair of household items Digitized for FRASER 85

90 Table 25. Historical Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued Unadjusted indexes Item and group December Apparel Men s and boys apparel Men s apparel Men's suits, sport coats, and outerwear Men s furnishings Men s shirts and sweaters Men s pants and shorts Boys apparel Women s and girls apparel Women s apparel Women s outerwear Women s dresses Women s suits and separates Women s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories Girls apparel Footwear Men s footwear Boys and girls footwear Women s footwear Infants and toddlers apparel Jewelry and watches Watches Jewelry Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles New cars and trucks New cars New trucks New motorcycles Used cars and trucks Car and truck rental Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Other motor fuels Motor vehicle parts and equipment Tires Vehicle accessories other than tires Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires Motor oil, coolant, and fluids Motor vehicle maintenance and repair Motor vehicle body work Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing Motor vehicle repair Motor vehicle insurance Motor vehicle fees State and local registration and license Parking and other fees Parking fees and tolls Automobile service clubs Public transportation Airline fare Other intercity transportation Ship fare 1 ^ Intracity transportation Digitized for FRASER 86

91 Table 25. Historical Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued Unadjusted indexes Item and group December Medical care Medical care commodities Prescription drugs and medical supplies Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies Medical care services Professional services Physicians services Dental services Eyeglasses and eye care Services by other medical professionals Hospital and related services Hospital services Inpatient hospital services Outpatient hospital services Nursing homes and adult daycare Recreation Video and audio Televisions Cable television Other video equipment Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental1 - - * Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded Rental of video tapes and discs Audio equipment Audio discs, tapes and other media Pets, pet products and services Pets and pet products Pet food Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories Pet services including veterinary Pet services Veterinarian services Sporting goods Sports vehicles including bicycles Sports equipment Photography Photographic equipment and supplies Film and photographic supplies Photographic equipm ent ~ Photographers and film processing 1... ~ Photographer fees NA NA Film processing Other recreational goods Toys Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment Video game hardware, software and accessories NA NA Sewing machines, fabric and supplies Music instruments and accessories Recreation services Club membership dues and fees for participant sports Admissions Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts Admission to sporting events Fees for lessons or instructions Recreational reading materials Newspapers and magazines Recreational books

92 Table 25. Historical Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued Unadjusted indexes Item and group December Education and communication Education Educational books and supplies Tuition, other school fees, and childcare College tuition and fees Elementary and high school tuition and fees Child care and nursery school Technical and business school tuition and fees Communication Postage and delivery services Postage Delivery services 1... * Information and information processing Telephone services Telephone services, local charges Telephone services, long distance charges Interstate toll calls Intrastate toll calls Cellular telephone services Information and information processing other than telephone services Personal computers and peripheral equipm ent Computer software and accessories Computer information processing services Other information processing equipm ent Other goods and services Tobacco and smoking products Cigarettes Tobacco products other than cigarettes Personal care Personal care products Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements Personal care services Haircuts and other personal care services Miscellaneous personal services Legal services Funeral expenses Laundry and dry cleaning services Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning Financial services Checking account and other bank services Tax return preparation and other accounting fees Miscellaneous personal goods Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap Special aggregate indexes Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services All items less food All items less shelter All items less medical care Commodities less food Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel : Nondurables

93 Table 25. Historical Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued Unadjusted indexes Item and group December Special aggregate indexes Apparel less footwear Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Domestically produced farm food Utilities and public transportation es on a December 1997=100 base. 2 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 4 es on a December 1982=100 base. 5 es on a December 1986=100 base. 6 es on a December 1983=100 base. 7 es on a December 1990=100 base. 8 es on a December 1993=100 base. 9 es on a December 1996=100 base. 10 es on a December 1988=100 base. NA Data not adequate for publication. ' Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Digitized for FRASER 89

94 Table 26. Historical Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories change from previous December Item and group December All items Food and beverages Food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Cereals and cereal products Flour and prepared flour mixes Breakfast cereal Rice, pasta, corn meal Rice Bakery products Bread White bread Bread other than white Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies Cookies Fresh cakes and cupcakes Other bakery products Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts Crackers, bread, and cracker products Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs Meats, poultry, and fish Meats Beef and veal Uncooked ground beef Uncooked beef roasts Uncooked beef steaks Uncooked other beef and v e a l Pork Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products Bacon and related products Breakfast sausage and related products Ham Ham, excluding canned Pork chops Other pork including roasts and picnics Other meats Frankfurters Lunchmeats Lamb and organ meats Lamb and mutton Poultry Chicken Fresh whole chicken Fresh and frozen chicken parts Other poultry including turkey Fish and seafood Fresh fish and seafood Processed fish and seafood Canned fish and seafood Frozen fish and seafood Eggs Dairy and related products M ilk Fresh whole milk Fresh milk other than whole Cheese and related products Ice cream and related products Other dairy and related products Fruits and vegetables

95 Table 26. Historical Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued change from previous December Item and group December Fresh fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits Apples Bananas Citrus fruits Oranges, including tangerines Other fresh fruits * Fresh vegetables Potatoes Lettuce Tomatoes Other fresh vegetables Processed fruits and vegetables ' Canned fruits and vegetables ' Canned fruits ' Canned vegetables Frozen fruits and vegetables ~ Frozen vegetables Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried Dried beans, peas, and lentils Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials Juices and nonalcoholic drinks Carbonated drinks Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Beverage materials including coffee and tea Coffee Roasted coffee Instant and freeze dried coffee Other beverage materials including tea * Other food at home Sugar and sweets Sugar and artificial sweeteners Candy and chewing gum ' Other sweets Fats and oils Butter and margarine Butter Margarine Salad dressing Other fats and oils including peanut butter1... ~ Peanut b u tter Other foods Soups Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods Snacks Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces Salt and other seasonings and spices Olives, pickles, relishes Sauces and gravies Other condiments Baby food Other miscellaneous foods 1... * Prepared salads ' - - Food away from home Full service meals and snacks Limited service meals and snacks Food at employee sites and schools Food from vending machines and mobile vendors Other food away from h o m e Alcoholic beverages

96 Table 26. Historical Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued change from previous December Item and group December Alcoholic beverages at home Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home Distilled spirits at home Whiskey at home Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home Wine at home Alcoholic beverages away from home Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 1 2 * Wine away from home Distilled spirits away from home ' " Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Lodging away from home Housing at school, excluding board Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Tenants and household insurance Fuels and utilities Fuels Fuel oil and other fuels Fuel oil Other household fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Water and sewer and trash collection services Water and sewerage maintenance Garbage and trash collection Household furnishings and operations Window and floor coverings and other linens Floor coverings Window coverings Other linens Furniture and bedding Bedroom furniture Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture Other furniture Appliances Major appliances Laundry equipment Other appliances Other household equipment and furnishings Clocks, lamps, and decorator items Indoor plants and flowers Dishes and flatware Nonelectric cookware and tableware Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies Tools, hardware and supplies Outdoor equipment and supplies Housekeeping supplies Household cleaning products Household paper products Miscellaneous household products Household operations * Domestic services Gardening and lawncare services Moving, storage, freight expense 1... * Repair of household items Apparel Digitized for FRASER 92

97 Table 26. Historical Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued change from previous December Item and group December Men s and boys apparel... Men s apparel... Men s suits, sport coats, and outerwear... Men s furnishings... Men s shirts and sweaters 1... Men s pants and shorts... Boys apparel... Women s and girls apparel... Women s apparel... Women s outerwear... Women s dresses... Women s suits and separates 1... Women s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories 1... Girls apparel... Footwear... Men s footwear... Boys and girls footwear... Women s footwear... Infants and toddlers apparel... Jewelry and watches 5... Watches 5... Jewelry 5... Transportation... Private transportation... New and used motor vehicles 1... New vehicles... New cars and trucks New cars 2... New trucks New motorcycles Used cars and trucks... Car and truck rental1... Motor fuel... Gasoline (all types)... Gasoline, unleaded regular2... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium 2... Other motor fuels 1... Motor vehicle parts and equipment... Tires... Vehicle accessories other than tires 1... Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires 2 Motor oil, coolant, and fluids 2... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair... Motor vehicle body work... Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing... Motor vehicle re pair1... Motor vehicle insurance... Motor vehicle fees 1... State and local registration and license Parking and other fees 1... Parking fees and tolls Automobile service clubs Public transportation... Airline fare... Other intercity transportation... Ship fare 1 *... Intracity transportation... Medical care Digitized for FRASER 93

98 Table 26. Historical Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued change from previous December Item and group December Medical care commodities Prescription drugs and medical supplies Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies Medical care services Professional services Physicians services Dental services Eyeglasses and eye care Services by other medical professionals Hospital and related services Hospital services Inpatient hospital services * Outpatient hospital services Nursing homes and adult daycare ' " Recreation Video and audio Televisions Cable television Other video equipm ent Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded Rental of video tapes and discs Audio equipment Audio discs, tapes and other media Pets, pet products and services Pets and pet products Pet food Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories Pet services including veterinary 1... * Pet services * Veterinarian services Sporting goods Sports vehicles including bicycles Sports equipment Photography 1... * Photographic equipment and supplies Film and photographic supplies * * Photographic equipm ent ~ Photographers and film processing 1... ~ ~ Photographer fees * Film processing Other recreational goods Toys Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment Video game hardware, software and accessories Sewing machines, fabric and supplies Music instruments and accessories Recreation services Club membership dues and fees for participant sports Admissions Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts Admission to sporting events Fees for lessons or instructions Recreational reading materials Newspapers and magazines Recreational books Education and communication

99 Table 26. Historical Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued change from previous December Item and group December Education Educational books and supplies Tuition, other school fees, and childcare College tuition and fees Elementary and high school tuition and fees Child care and nursery school Technical and business school tuition and fees Communication Postage and delivery services Postage Delivery services Information and information processing 1... * Telephone services 1... ' Telephone services, local charges Telephone services, long distance charges 1... ' ' Interstate toll calls Intrastate toll calls Cellular telephone services Information and information processing other than telephone services Personal computers and peripheral equipment Computer software and accessories Computer information processing services Other information processing equipment Other goods and services Tobacco and smoking products Cigarettes Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1... ' Personal care Personal care products Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements Personal care services Haircuts and other personal care services Miscellaneous personal services Legal services Funeral expenses Laundry and dry cleaning services Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 1... " Financial services Checking account and other bank services Tax return preparation and other accounting fees Miscellaneous personal goods 1... * Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap Special aggregate indexes Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services All items less food All items less shelter All items less medical care Commodities less food Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Nondurables Apparel less footwear Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy Digitized for FRASER 95

100 Table 26. Historical Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued change from previous December Item and group December Special aggregate indexes All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Domestically produced farm food Utilities and public transportation es on a December 1997=100 base. 2 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 4 es on a December 1982=100 base. 5 es on a December 1986=100 base. 6 es on a December 1983=100 base. 7 es on a December 1990=100 base. 8 es on a December 1993=100 base. 9 es on a December 1996=100 base. 10 es on a December 1988=100 base. ' Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Digitized for FRASER 96

101 7. Historical Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U. S. city, all items k100, unless otherwise noted) Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Semiannual s 1st half 2nd half avg. change from previous avg

102 Table 27. Historical Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U. S. city, all items-continued Year Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Semiannual s 1st half 2nd half avg. change from previous avg Data not available. NOTE : applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 98

103 Table 28. Historical Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories Unadjusted indexes Item and group December All items All items (1967=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Cereals and cereal products Flour and prepared flour mixes Breakfast cereal Rice, pasta, cornmeal Bakery products Bread Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies Other bakery products Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs Meats, poultry, and fish Meats Beef and veal Uncooked ground beef Uncooked beef roasts Uncooked beef steaks Uncooked other beef and v e a l Pork Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products Ham Pork chops Other pork including roasts and picnics Other meats Poultry Chicken Other poultry including turkey Fish and seafood Fresh fish and seafood Processed fish and seafood Eggs Dairy and related products M ilk Cheese and related products Ice cream and related products Other dairy and related products Fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits Apples Bananas Citrus fruits Other fresh fruits Fresh vegetables Potatoes Lettuce Tomatoes Other fresh vegetables Processed fruits and vegetables * Canned fruits and vegetables Frozen fruits and vegetables Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried Digitized for FRASER 99

104 Table 28. Historical Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued Unadjusted indexes Item and group December Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials Juices and nonalcoholic drinks Carbonated drinks Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Beverage materials including coffee and tea Coffee Other beverage materials including tea Other food at home Sugar and sweets Sugar and artificial sweeteners Candy and chewing gum Other sweets Fats and oils Butter and margarine Salad aressing Other fats and oils including peanut butter Other foods Soups Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods Snacks Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces Baby food Other miscellaneous foods Food away from home Full service meals and snacks Limited service meals and snacks Food at employee sites and schools Food from vending machines and mobile vendors Other food away from home Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverages at home Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home Distilled spirits at home Wine at home Alcoholic beverages away from home Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Lodging away from home Housing at school, excluding board Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Tenants and household insurance Fuels and utilities Fuels Fuel oil and other fuels Fuel oil Other household fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Water and sewer and trash collection services Water and sewerage maintenance Garbage and trash collection Household furnishings and operations Window and floor coverings and other linens Floor coverings Window coverings 1... * * Other linens Furniture and bedding Bedroom furniture Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture Other furniture Digitized for FRASER 100

105 Table 28. Historical Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued Unadjusted indexes Item and group December Appliances Major appliances Other appliances 1... ~ Other household equipment and furnishings Clocks, lamps, and decorator items Indoor plants and flowers NA Dishes and flatware Nonelectric cookware and tableware Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies Tools, hardware and supplies Outdoor equipment and supplies Housekeeping supplies Household cleaning products Household paper products Miscellaneous household products Household operations Domestic services Gardening and lawncare services Moving, storage, freight expense Repair of household items Apparel Men s and boys apparel Men s apparel Men s suits, sport coats, and outerwear Men s furnishings Men s shirts and sweaters Men s pants and shorts Boys apparel Women s and girls apparel Women s apparel Women s outerwear Women s dresses Women s suits and separates Women s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories " Girls apparel Footwear Men s footwear Boys and girls footwear Women s footwear Infants and toddlers apparel Jewelry and watches Watches Jewelry Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles Used cars and trucks Car and truck re ntal Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Other motor fuels Motor vehicle parts and equipment Tires Vehicle accessories other than tires Motor vehicle maintenance and repair Motor vehicle body work Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing Motor vehicle re pair Digitized for FRASER 101

106 Table 28. Historical Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued Unadjusted indexes Item and group December Motor vehicle insurance Motor vehicle fees State and local registration and license Parking and other fees Public transportation Airline fare Other intercity transportation Intracity transportation Medical care Medical care commodities Prescription drugs and medical supplies Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies Medical care services Professional services Physicians services Dental services Eyeglasses and eye care Services by other medical professionals Hospital and related services Hospital services Inpatient hospital services Outpatient hospital services Nursing homes and adult daycare ' ' " Recreation Video and audio Televisions Cable television Other video equipment Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental Audio equipment Audio discs, tapes and other media Pets, pet products and services Pets and pet products Pet services including veterinary Sporting goods Sports vehicles including bicycles Sports equipment Photography Photographic equipment and supplies Photographers and film processing * Other recreational goods Toys Sewing machines, fabric and supplies Music instruments and accessories Recreation services Club membership dues and fees for participant sports Admissions Fees for lessons or instructions Recreational reading materials Newspapers and magazines Recreational books Education and communication Education Educational books and supplies Tuition, other school fees, and childcare College tuition and fees Elementary and high school tuition and fees Child care and nursery school Technical and business school tuition and fees Digitized for FRASER 102

107 Table 28. Historical Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued Unadjusted indexes Item and group December Communication Postage and delivery services Postage Delivery services Information and information processing Telephone services Telephone services, local charges Telephone services, long distance charges Cellular telephone services Information and information processing other than telephone services X Personal computers and peripheral equipment Computer software and accessories Computer information processing services Other information processing equipm ent1... ' ' ' ' Other goods and services Tobacco and smoking products Cigarettes Tobacco products other than cigarettes Personal care Personal care products Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements Personal care services Haircuts and other personal care services Miscellaneous personal services Legal services Funeral expenses Laundry and dry cleaning services Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning Financial services Miscellaneous personal goods 1... ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Special aggregate indexes Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services All items less food All items less shelter All items less medical care Commodities less food Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Nondurables Apparel less footwear Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services

108 Table 28. Historical Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued Unadjusted indexes Item and group December Special aggregate indexes Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Domestically produced farm food Utilities and public transportation es on a December 1997=100 base. 2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January,. 3 es d e x e s ni on a December 1984=100 base 4 es on a December 1986=100 base. 5 es on a December 1983=100 base. 6 es on a December 1990=100 base. 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 es on a December 1993=100 base. 9 es on a December 1996=100 base. 10 es on a December 1988=100 base. NA Data not adequate for publication. ' Data not available. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 104

109 Table 29. Historical Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories change from previous December Item and group December All items Food and beverages Food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Cereals and cereal products Flour and prepared flour mixes Breakfast cereal Rice, pasta, cornmeal Bakery products Bread... - ~ Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies Other bakery products Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs Meats, poultry, and fish Meats Beef and veal Uncooked ground beef Uncooked beef roasts Uncooked beef steaks Uncooked other beef and veal Pork...: Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products Ham Pork chops Other pork including roasts and picnics ' Other meats Poultry Chicken Other poultry including turkey Fish and seafood Fresh fish and seafood Processed fish and seafood Eggs Dairy and related products Milk * Cheese and related products Ice cream and related products Other dairy and related products Fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits Apples Bananas Citrus fruits Other fresh fruits Fresh vegetables Potatoes Lettuce Tomatoes Other fresh vegetables Processed fruits and vegetables Canned fruits and vegetables Frozen fruits and vegetables... ~ Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

110 Table 29. Historical Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued change from previous December Item and group December Juices and nonalcoholic drinks Carbonated drinks Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Beverage materials including coffee and tea Coffee Other beverage materials including tea Other food at home Sugar and sweets Sugar and artificial sweeteners Candy and chewing gum Other sweets Fats and oils Butter and margarine Salad dressing Other fats and oils including peanut butter Other foods Soups Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods Snacks Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces Baby food Other miscellaneous foods Food away from home Full service meals and snacks Limited service meals and snacks Food at employee sites and schools Food from vending machines and mobile vendors Other food away from home Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverages at home Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home Distilled spirits at home Wine at home Alcoholic beverages away from home Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Lodging away from home Housing at school, excluding board Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Tenants and household insurance Fuels and utilities Fuels Fuel oil and other fuels Fuel oil Other household fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Water and sewer and trash collection services Water and sewerage maintenance Garbage and trash collection Household furnishings and operations Window and floor coverings and other linens Floor coverings Window coverings Other linens Furniture and bedding Bedroom furniture Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture Other furniture Appliances

111 Table 29. Historical Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued change from previous December Item and group December Major appliances Other appliances... _ " ' Other household equipment and furnishings... _ " " ' Clocks, lamps, and decorator items Indoor plants and flowers Dishes and flatware Nonelectric cookware and tableware Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies * Tools, hardware and supplies Outdoor equipment and supplies Housekeeping supplies Household cleaning products... " " ~ ~ " " ' Household paper products Miscellaneous household products... ~ Household operations Domestic services Gardening and lawncare services Moving, storage, freight expense... * Repair of household items Apparel Men s and boys apparel Men s apparel Men s suits, sport coats, and outerwear Men s furnishings Men s shirts and sweaters Men s pants and shorts Boys apparel Women s and girls apparel Women s apparel Women s outerwear Women s dresses Women s suits and separates Women s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories Girls apparel Footwear Men s footwear Boys and girls footwear Women s footwear Infants and toddlers apparel Jewelry and watches Watches Jewelry Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles Used cars and trucks Car and truck rental Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Other motor fuels Motor vehicle parts and equipment Tires Vehicle accessories other than tires Motor vehicle maintenance and repair Motor vehicle body work Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing Motor vehicle repair Motor vehicle insurance

112 Table 29. Historical Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued change from previous December Item and group December Motor vehicle fees State and local registration and license Parking and other fees Public transportation Airline fare Other intercity transportation Intracity transportation Medical care Medical care commodities Prescription drugs and medical supplies Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies Medical care services Professional services Physicians services Dental services Eyeglasses and eye care Services by other medical professionals Hospital and related services Hospital services Inpatient hospital services Outpatient hospital services Nursing homes and adult daycare Recreation Video and audio Televisions Cable television Other video equipment Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental Audio equipment Audio discs, tapes and other media... ~ Pets, pet products and services Pets and pet products Pet services including veterinary Sporting goods Sports vehicles including bicycles Sports equipment Photography... " " " " ' " Photographic equipment and supplies Photographers and film processing... ' ~ Other recreational goods... - * Toys Sewing machines, fabric and supplies Music instruments and accessories... ~ Recreation services Club membership dues and fees for participant sports Admissions Fees for lessons or instructions Recreational reading materials Newspapers and magazines Recreational books Education and communication Education Educational books and supplies Tuition, other school fees, and childcare College tuition and fees Elementary and high school tuition and fees Child care and nursery school Technical and business school tuition and fees Communication

113 Table 29. Historical Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued change from previous December Item and group December Postage and delivery services Postage Delivery services ~ - * Information and information processing... ~ Telephone services Telephone services, local charges Telephone services, long distance charges... " - ~ ' ' Cellular telephone services... ' ' ' ' " Information and information processing other than telephone services Personal computers and peripheral equipment... ' ' Computer software and accessories... ' ~ Computer information processing services... ~ ' _ Other information processing equipment Other goods and services Tobacco and smoking products Cigarettes ~ - ' ' Tobacco products other than cigarettes... " ~ ' ' Personal care Personal care products Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements Personal care services Haircuts and other personal care services Miscellaneous personal services Legal services Funeral expenses Laundry and dry cleaning services... ~ ~ _ ' Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning... ~ ~ ' ' " Financial services Miscellaneous personal goods Special aggregate indexes Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services All items less food All items less shelter All items less medical care Commodities less food Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Nondurables Apparel less footwear Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy

114 Table 29. Historical Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-continued change from previous December Item and group December Special aggregate indexes All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Domestically produced farm food Utilities and public transportation This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other 2 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample, item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in ' Data not available. January,. NOTE: applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 110

115 Table 30. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, semiannual s, all items index All items Area Semiannual indexes change from preceding semiannual 1st half 1st half 1st half U.S. city Region and area size1 Northeast urban Size A - More than 1,500, Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500, Midwest urban Size A - More than 1,500, Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) South urban Size A - More than 1,500, Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) West urban Size A - More than 1,500, Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, Size classes A B/C D Selected local areas Anchorage, AK Atlanta, GA Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Cleveland-Akron, OH Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Ml Honolulu, HI Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Kansas City, MO-KS Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Milwaukee-Racine, Wl Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD Pittsburgh, PA Portland-Salem, OR-WA St. Louis, MO-IL San Diego, CA San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 2 es on a December 1996=100 base. 3 es on a December 1986=100 base. 4 es on a November 1996=100 base.

116 Table 31. Consumer Price for Ail Urbàn Consumers (CPI-U): Regions 1, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group U.S. city Northeast Midwest South West Item and Group change from- change from- change from- change from- change from- 2nd half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 2nd half 1st half All items All items (December 1977=100) ' " ' ' " ' " ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles New cars and trucks New cars Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less food

117 Table 31. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Regions 1, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued U.S. city Northeast Midwest South West Item and Group change from- change from- change from- change from- change from- 2nd half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 2nd half 1st half Special aggregate indexes All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Services less rent of shelter * Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 2 es are on a December 1977=100 base except for the U.S. which is on a 1967=100 base. 3 es on a December 1982=100 base. es on a December 1997=100 base. Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. es on a December 1993=100 base. Data not available. 113

118 Table 32. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes 1, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D Item and Group change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half All items All items (December 1977=100) ' ' " ' ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles New cars and trucks New cars Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less food All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables

119 Table 3^ Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes 1, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D Item and Group change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half Special aggregate indexes Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services See region and area size on Table 10 for information about population 5 es on a December 1982=100 base. size classes. 6 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 2 es on a December 1986=100 base. 7 es on a December 1993=100 base. 3 es on a December 1997=100 base. ' Data not available. 4 The All items index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 115

120 Table 33. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of region and population size classes 1, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Northeast Item and Group Size class A Size class B/C 2 change from- change from- 1st half 1st half All items All items (December 1977=100) ' ' " ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

121 Table 33. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of region and population size classes 1, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Midwest Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D Item and Group change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half All items All items (December 1977=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

122 Table 33. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of region and population size classes 1, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued South Item and Group Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half All items All items (December 1977=100) ' " Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

123 Table 33. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of region and population size classes 1, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued West Size class A Size class B/C 2 Item and Group change from- change from- 1st half 1st half All items All items (December 1977=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy See region and area size on Table 10 for information about cross classifications. 2 es on a December 1997=100 base. 3 The All items index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 4 es on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 6 es on a December 1993=100 base. " Data not available. Digitized for FRASER 119

124 Table 34. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Anchorage, AK Atlanta, GA Boston- Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Chicago- Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Item and Group change from- change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half 1 st half All items All items (1967=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages ^ Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Digitized for FRASER 120

125 Table 34. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Cincinnati- Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Cleveland- Akron, OH Dallas- Fort Worth, TX Denver- Boulder-Greeley, CO Item and Group change from- change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half All items All items (1967=100) ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded pre nium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Digitized for FRASER 121

126 Table 34. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Detroit- Ann Arbor Flint, Ml Honolulu, HI Houston- Galveston- Brazoria, TX Kansas City, MO-KS Item and Group change from- change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half All items All items (1967=100) ' ' ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages , Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

127 Table 34. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Los Angeles- Riverside- Orange County, CA Miami- Fort Lauderdale, FL Milwaukee- Racine, Wl Minneapolis- St. Paul, MN-WI Item and Group change from- change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half All items All items ( ) ' ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Digitized for FRASER 123

128 Table 34. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Philadelphia- Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD Pittsburgh, PA Portland-Salem, OR-WA Item and Group change from- change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half All items All items (1967=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

129 Table 34. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued St. Louis, MO-IL San Diego, CA San Francisco- Oakland-San Jose, CA Item and Group change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half All items All items ( ) ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

130 Table 34. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Seattle- Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Tampa- St. Petersburg- Clearwater, FL 1 Washington- Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 2 Item and Group change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half All items All items (1967=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy es on a 1987=100 base. 2 For Washington-Baltimore, indexes are on a December 1997=100 base unless otherwise noted. 3 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1996=100 base. 4 is on a November 1977=100 base in Miami and an October 1967=100 base in Anchorage. 5 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1997=100 base. 6 es are on a November 1982=100 base in Anchorage, Boston, Cincinnati, Denver, Miami, Milwaukee, Portland, St. Louis, San Diego, and Seattle. es are on a December 1982=100 base in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 es on a December 1993=100 base. 9 es on a December 1997=100 base. Data not available. Digitized for FRASER 126

131 Table 35. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, semiannual s, all items index All items Area Semiannual indexes change from preceding semiannual 1st half 1st half 1st half U.S. city Region and area size 1 Northeast urban Size A - More than 1,500, Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500, Midwest urban Size A - More than 1,500, Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) South urban Size A - More than 1,500, Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) West urban Size A - More than 1,500, Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, Size classes A B/C Selected local areas Anchorage, AK Atlanta, GA Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Cleveland-Akron, OH Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Ml Honolulu, HI Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Kansas City, MO-KS Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Milwaukee-Racine, Wl Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD Pittsburgh, PA Portland-Salem, OR-WA St. Louis, MO-IL San Diego, CA San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical 3 es on a December 1986=100 base, notes. 4 es on a November 1996=100 base. 2 es on a December 1996=100 base. 127

132 Table 36. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions 1, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group U.S. city Northeast Midwest South West Item and Group change from- change from- change from- change from- change from- 2nd half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 2nd half 1st half All items All items (December 1977=100) ' ' ' ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less food All items less shelter Commodities less food Digitized for FRASER 128

133 Table 36. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions 1, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued U.S. city Northeast Midwest South West Item and Group change from- change from- change from- change from- change from- 2nd half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 2nd half 1st half Special aggregate indexes Nondurables Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Services less rent of shelter ^ Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 2 es are on a December 1977=100 base except for the U.S. which is on a 1967=100 base. 3 es on a December 1984=100 base 4 es on a December 1997=100 base. 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 6 es on a December 1993=100 base. ' Data not available. Digitized for FRASER 129

134 Table 37. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Population size classes 1, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D Item and Group change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half All items All items (December ) " " " ' ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less food All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Digitized for FRASER 130

135 Table 37. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Population size classes 1, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D Item and Group change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half Special aggregate indexes Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services See region and area size on Table 10 for information about population 5 es on a December 1984=100 base size classes. 6 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 2 es on a December 1986=100 base. 7 es on a December 1993=100 base. 3 es on a December 1997=100 base. ' Data not available. 4 The All items index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. Digitized for FRASER 131

136 Table 38. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of region and population size classes 1, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Northeast Size class A Size class B/C 2 Item and Group change from- change from- 1 st half 1st half All items All items (December 1977=100) ' ' ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Digitized for FRASER 132

137 Table 38. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of region and population size classes 1, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Midwest Item and Group Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half All items All items (December 1977=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

138 Table 38. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of region and population size classes 1, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued South Item and Group Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half All items All items (December 1977=100) ' ' " Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

139 Table 38. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of region and population size classes 1, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued West Item and Group Size class A Size class B/C 2 change from- change from- 1st half 1st half All items All items (December 1977=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy See region and area size on Table 10 for information about cross classifications. 2 es on a December 1997=100 base. 3 The All items index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 4 es on a December 1984=100 base 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 6 es on a December 1993=100 base. " Data not available.

140 Table 39. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Anchorage, AK Atlanta, GA Boston- Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Chicago- Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Item and Group change from- change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1 st half 1st half All items All items (1967=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

141 Table 39. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Cincinnati- Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Cleveland- Akron, OH Dallas- Fort Worth, TX Denver- Boulder-Greeley, CO Item and Group change from- change from- change from- change from- 1 st half 1st half 1st half 1st half All items All items ( ) ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy AH items less food and energy

142 Table 39. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Detroit- Ann Arbor Flint, Ml Honolulu, HI Houston- Galveston- Brazoria, TX Kansas City, MO-KS Item and Group change from- change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half All items All items (1967=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel 3... : Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy Al! items less food and energy

143 Table 39. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Los Angeles- Riverside- Orange County, CA Miami- Fort Lauderdale, FL Milwaukee- Racine, Wl Minneapolis- St. Paul, MN-WI Item and Group change from- change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half 1 st half All items All items (1967=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care , Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy ' 1.6 All items less food and energy

144 Table 39. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Philadelphia- Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD Pittsburgh, PA Portland-Salem, OR-WA Item and Group change from- change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half All items All items (1967=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Digitized for FRASER 140

145 Table 39. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued St. Louis, MO-IL San Diego, CA San Francisco- Oakland-San Jose, CA Item and Group change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1 st half 1st half All items All items ( ) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

146 Table 39. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual s, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Seattle- Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Tampa- St. Petersburg- Clearwater, FL 1 Washington- Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 2 Item and Group change from- change from- change from- 1st half 1st half 1st half All items All items (1967=100) ' " " ' ' ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy es on a 1987=100 base. 2 For Washington-Baltimore, indexes are on a December 1997=100 base unless otherwise noted. 3 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1996=100 base. 4 is on a November 1977=100 base in Miami and an October 1967=100 base in Anchorage. 5 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1997=100 base. 6 es are on a November 1984=100 base in Anchorage, Boston, Cincinnati, Denver, Miami, Milwaukee, Portland, St. Louis, San Diego, and Seattle. es are on a December 1984=100 base in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 es on a December 1993=100 base. 9 es on a December 1997=100 base. Data not available. 142

147 Table 1 A. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Item and group change from to All items All items ( ) Food and beverages Food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Meats poultry, fish and eggs Dairy and related products Fruits and vegetables Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials Other food at home Sugar and sweets Fats and oils Other foods Other miscellaneous foods Food away from home Other food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Lodging away from home Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Tenants and household insurance Fuels and utilities Fuels Fuel oil and other fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Water and sewer and trash collection services Household furnishings and operations Household operations Apparel Men s and boys apparel Women s and girls apparel Infants and toddlers apparel Footwear Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Motor vehicle parts and equipment Motor vehicle maintenance and repair Public transportation Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Hospital and related services

148 Table 1A. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, by expenditure category and commodity and service group -Continued Item and group change from to Recreation Video and audio Education and communication Education Educational books and supplies Tuition, other school fees, and childcare Communication Information and information processing Telephone services Information and information processing other than telephone services Personal computers and peripheral equipment Other goods and services Tobacco and smoking products Personal care Personal care products Personal care services Miscellaneous personal services Commodity and service group Commodities Food and beverages Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Apparel Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Tenants and household insurance Gas (piped) and electricity Water and sewer and trash collection services Household operations Transportation services Medical care services Other services Special indexes All items less food All items less shelter All items less medical care Commodities less food Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Nondurables Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Purchasing power of the consumer dollar ( =$1.00)... $.614 $.600 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00)... $.205 $ es on a December 1997=100 base. estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a 2 es on a December 1982=100 base. geometric means estimator in January,. 3 es on a December 1988=100 base. ' Data not available. 4 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres 144

149 Table 3A. Consumer Price for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories Item and Group change from to All items All items ( ) Food and beverages Food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Cereals and cereal products Flour and prepared flour mixes Breakfast cereal Rice pasta, cornmeal Rice Bakery products Bread White bread Bread other than white Fresh biscuits rolls muffins Cakes, cupcakes and cookies Cookies Fresh cakes and cupcakes Other bakery products Fresh sweetrolls coffeecakes, doughnuts Crackers bread and cracker products Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs Meats poultry and fish Meats Beef and veal Uncooked ground beef Uncooked beef roasts Uncooked beef steaks Uncooked other beef and v e a l Pork Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 1... Bacon and related products Breakfast sausage and related products Ham Ham, excluding canned Pork chops Other pork including roasts and picnics Other meats Frankfurters Lunchmeats Lamb and organ meats Lamb and mutton Poultry Chicken Fresh whole chicken Fresh and frozen chicken parts Other poultry including turkey Fish and seafood Fresh fish and seafood Processed fish and seafood Canned fish and seafood Frozen fish and seafood Eaas Dairy and related products Milk Fresh whole milk Fresh milk other than whole Cheese and related products Ice cream and related products Other dairy and related products Digitized for FRASER 145

150 Table 3A. Consumer Price for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group change from to Fruits and vegetables... Fresh fruits and vegetables... Fresh fruits... Apples... Bananas... Citrus fruits 1... Oranges, including tangerines 2... Other fresh fruits 1... Fresh vegetables... Potatoes... Lettuce... Tomatoes... Other fresh vegetables... Processed fruits and vegetables 1... Canned fruits and vegetables 1... Canned fruits Canned vegetables Frozen fruits and vegetables 1... Frozen vegetables 2... Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 1 Dried beans, peas, and lentils Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials... Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 1... Carbonated drinks... Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1... Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1... Beverage materials including coffee and tea 1... Coffee... Roasted coffee 2... Instant and freeze dried coffee 2... Other beverage materials including tea 1... Other food at home... Sugar and sweets... Sugar and artificial sweeteners... Candy and chewing gum 1... Other sweets 1... Fats and oils... Butter and margarine 1... Butter2... Margarine 2... Salad dressing 1... Other fats and oils including peanut butter1... Peanut butter Other foods... Soups... Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods... Snacks... Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces... Salt and other seasonings and spices Olives, pickles, relishes Sauces and gravies Other condiments 2... Baby food 1... Other miscellaneous foods 1... Prepared salads Food away from home... Full service meals and snacks 1... Limited service meals and snacks 1... Food at employee sites and schools 1... Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1... Other food away from home Digitized for FRASER 146

151 Table 3A. Consumer Price for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group ave ra ge a v era ge change from to Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverages at hom e Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at hom e Distilled spirits at hom e W hiskey at hom e Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at hom e W in e at hom e Alcoholic beverages aw ay from hom e Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home W ine aw ay from hom e Distilled spirits aw ay from hom e Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Lodging aw ay from hom e Housing at school, excluding board Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels O w ners equivalent rent of primary residence Ten ants and household insurance Fuels and utilities Fuels Fuel oil and other fuels Fuel oil O ther household fuels G as (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service W ater and sew er and trash collection services W ater and sew erage m aintenance G arbage and trash collection Household furnishings and operations W indow and floor coverings and other linens Floor coverings W indow coverings O ther linens Furniture and bedding Bedroom furniture Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture O ther furniture Appliances M ajor appliances Laundry e q u ip m e n t O ther appliances O ther household equipm ent and furnishings Clocks, lam ps, and decorator items Indoor plants and flowers Dishes and flatw are Nonelectric cookware and tablew are Tools, hardw are, outdoor equipm ent and supplies Toois, hardw are and supplies O utdoor equipm ent and supplies Housekeeping supplies Household cleaning products Household paper products M iscellaneous household products Household operations Domestic services G ardening and lawncare services Moving, storage, freight expense Repair of household items

152 Table 3A. Consumer Price for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group change from to Apparel... Men s and boys apparel... Men s apparel... Men s suits, sport coats, and outerwear... Men s furnishings... Men s shirts and sweaters 1... Men s pants and shorts... Boys apparel... Women s and girls apparel... Women s apparel... Women s outerwear... Women s dresses... Women s suits and separates 1... Women s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories 1... Girls apparel... Footwear... Men s footwear... Boys and girls footwear... Women s footwear... Infants and toddlers apparel... Jewelry and watches 4... W atches4... Jewelry4... Transportation... Private transportation... New and used motor vehicles 1... New vehicles... New cars and trucks New cars 2... New trucks New motorcycles Used cars and trucks... Car and truck re n ta l1... Motor fuel... Gasoline (all types)... Gasoline, unleaded regular2... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium 2... Other motor fuels 1... Motor vehicle parts and equipment... Tires... Vehicle accessories other than tires 1... Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires 2 Motor oil, coolant, and fluids 2... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair... Motor vehicle body work... Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing... Motor vehicle re pair1... Motor vehicle insurance... Motor vehicle fees 1... State and local registration and license 1... Parking and other fees 1... Parking fees and tolls Automobile service clubs Public transportation... Airline fare... Other intercity transportation... Ship fa re 1 *... Intracity transportation Digitized for FRASER 148

153 Table 3A. Consumer Price for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group change from to Medical care Medical care commodities Prescription drugs and medical supplies Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies Medical care services Professional services Physicians services Dental services Eyeglasses and eye care Services by other medical professionals Hospital and related services Hospital services Inpatient hospital services Outpatient hospital services Nursing homes and adult daycare Recreation Video and audio Televisions Cable television Other video equipment Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental1... Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded Rental of video tapes and discs Audio equipment Audio discs, tapes and other media Pets pet products and services Pets and pet products Pet food Purchase of pets pet supplies, accessories Pet services including veterinary Pet services Veterinarian services Sporting goods Sports vehicles including bicycles Sports equipment Photography Photographic equipment and supplies Film and photographic supplies Photographic equipment Photographers and film processing Photographer fees Film processing Other recreational goods Toys Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment Video game hardware software and accessories Sewing machines fabric and supplies Music instruments and accessories Recreation services Club membership dues and fees for participant sports 1... Admissions Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts Admission to sporting events Fees for lessons or instructions Recreational reading materials Newspapers and magazines Recreational books Digitized for FRASER 149

154 Table 3A. Consumer Price for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group change from to Education and communication Education Educational books and supplies Tuition, other school fees, and childcare College tuition and fees Elementary and high school tuition and fees Child care and nursery school Technical and business school tuition and fees Communication Postage and delivery services Postage Delivery services Information and information processing Telephone services Telephone services, local charges Telephone services, long distance charges Interstate toll calls Intrastate toll calls Cellular telephone services Information and information processing other than telephone services Personal computers and peripheral equipm ent Computer software and accessories Computer information processing services Other information processing equipm ent Other goods and services Tobacco and smoking products Cigarettes Tobacco products other than cigarettes Personal care Personal care products Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements Personal care services Haircuts and other personal care services Miscellaneous personal services Legal services Funeral expenses Laundry and dry cleaning services Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning Financial services Checking account and other bank services Tax return preparation and other accounting fees Miscellaneous personal goods Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap Special aggregate indexes Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services All items less food All items less shelter All items less medical care Commodities less food Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Nondurables Apparel less footwear Services less rent of shelter Digitized for FRASER 150

155 Table 3A. Consumer Price for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group change from to Special aggregate indexes Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Domestically produced farm food Utilities and public transportation Purchasing power of the consumer dollar ( =$1.00)... $.614 $.600 " Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00)... $.205 $ es on a December 1997=100 base. 2 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 3 es on a December 1982=100 base. 4 es on a December 1986=100 base. 5 es on a December 1983=100 base. 6 es on a December 1990=100 base. 7 es on a December 1993=100 base. 8 es on a December 1996=100 base. 9 es on a December 1988=100 base. Data not available. Digitized for FRASER 151

156 Table 5A. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, unadjusted indexes for special detailed expenditure categories1 Item change from to Food and beverages White bread Bread other than white Fresh cakes and cupcakes Cookies Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts Crackers, bread, and cracker products Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers Bacon and related products Breakfast sausage and related products Ham, excluding canned Frankfurters Lunchmeats Lamb and organ meats Lamb and mutton * Fresh whole chicken Fresh and frozen chicken parts Canned fish and seafood Frozen fish and seafood Fresh whole milk Fresh milk other than whole Oranges, including tangerines Canned fruits Canned vegetables Frozen vegetables Dried beans, peas, and lentils Roasted coffee... ~ Instant and freeze dried coffee Margarine Peanut butter Salt and other seasonings and spices Olives, pickles, relishes Sauces and gravies Other condiments Prepared salads 2... Whiskey at home Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home Wine away from home Distilled spirits away from home Housing Laundry equipment Transportation New cars and trucks New cars New trucks New motorcycles Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires Motor oil, coolant, and fluids Parking fees and tolls Automobile service clubs Ship fare Medical care Inpatient hospital services Outpatient hospital services Digitized for FRASER 152

157 Table 5A. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city, unadjusted indexes for special detailed expenditure categories1-continued Item change from to Recreation Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded Rental of video tapes and discs Pet food Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories Pet services Veterinarian services Film and photographic supplies Photographic equipment * Photographer fees Film processing Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment Video game hardware, software and accessories 2... Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts Admission to sporting events Education and communication Interstate toll calls Intrastate toll calls Other goods and services Checking account and other bank services Tax return preparation and other accounting fees Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 5 es on a December 1993=100 base. 2 es on a December 1997=100 base. 6 es on a December 1996=100 base. 3 es on a December 1983=100 base. " Data not available. 4 es on a December 1986=100 base. Digitized for FRASER 153

158 Table 6A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Item and group change from to All items All items (1967=100) ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs Dairy and related products Fruits and vegetables Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials Other food at home Sugar and sweets Fats and oils Other foods Other miscellaneous foods Food away from home Other food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Lodging away from home Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Tenants and household insurance Fuels and utilities Fuels Fuel oil and other fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Water and sewer and trash collection services Household furnishings and operations Household operations Apparel Men s and boys apparel Women s and girls apparel Infants and toddlers apparel Footwear Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Motor vehicle parts and equipment Motor vehicle maintenance and repair Public transportation Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Hospital and related services Digitized for FRASER 154

159 Table 6A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, by expenditure category and commodity and service group -Continued Item and group change from to Recreation Video and audio Education and communication Education Educational books and supplies Tuition, other school fees, and childcare Communication Information and information processing Telephone services Information and information processing other than telephone services Personal computers and peripheral equipment Other goods and services Tobacco and smoking products Personal care Personal care products Personal care services Miscellaneous personal services Commodity and service group Commodities Food and beverages Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Apparel Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Tenants and household insurance Gas (piped) and electricity Water and sewer and trash collection services Household operations Transportation services Medical care services Other services Special indexes All items less food All items less shelter All items less medical care Commodities less food Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Nondurables Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Purchasing power of the consumer dollar ( =$1.0 0 )... $.626 $ Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00)... $.210 $ es on a December 1997=100 base. estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a 2 es on a December 1984=100 base geometric means estimator in January,. 3 es on a December 1988=100 base. ' Data not available. 4 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres 155

160 Table 8A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories Item and Group change from to All items All items ( ) Food and beverages Food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Cereals and cereal products Flour and prepared flour mixes Breakfast cereal Rice, pasta, cornmeal Bakery products Bread Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies Other bakery products Meats poultry, fish, and eggs Meats poultry, and fish Meats Beef and veal Uncooked ground beef Uncooked beef roasts Uncooked beef steaks Uncooked other beef and v e a l Pork Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 1... Ham Pork chops Other pork including roasts and picnics Other meats Poultry Chicken Other poultry including turkey Fish and seafood Fresh fish and seafood Processed fish and seafood Eaas... * Dairy and related products Milk Cheese and related products Ice cream and related products Other dairy and related products Fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits Apples Bananas Citrus fruits Other fresh fruits Fresh vegetables Potatoes Lettuce Tomatoes Other fresh vegetables Processed fruits and vegetables Canned fruits and vegetables Frozen fruits and vegetables Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried

161 Table 8A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group change from to Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials Juices and nonalcoholic drinks Carbonated drinks Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Beverage materials including coffee and tea Coffee Other beverage materials including tea Other food at home Sugar and sweets Sugar and artificial sweeteners Candy and chewing gum Other sweets Fats and oils Butter and margarine Salad dressing Other fats and oils including peanut butter Other foods Soups Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods Snacks Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces Baby food Other miscellaneous foods Food away from home Full service meals and snacks Limited service meals and snacks Food at employee sites and schools Food from vending machines and mobile vendors Other food away from home Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverages at home Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home Distilled spirits at home Wine at home Alcoholic beverages away from home Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Lodging away from home Housing at school, excluding board Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Tenants and household insurance Fuels and utilities Fuels Fuel oil and other fuels Fuel oil Other household fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Water and sewer and trash collection services Water and sewerage maintenance Garbage and trash collection Household furnishings and operations Window and floor coverings and other linens Floor coverings Window coverings Other linens Furniture and bedding Bedroom furniture Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture Other furniture

162 Table 8A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group change from to Appliances Major appliances Other appliances Other household equipment and furnishings Clocks lamps, and decorator items Indoor plan ts and flowers Dishes and flatware Nonelectric cookware and tableware Tools hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies Tools, hardware and supplies Outdoor equipment and supplies Housekeeping supplies Household cleaning products Household paper products Miscellaneous household products Household operations Domestic services Gardening and lawncare services Moving storage freight expense Repair of household items Apparel Men s and boys apparel Men s apparel Men s suits sport coats, and outerwear Men s furnishings Men s shirts and sweaters Men s pants and shorts Boys apparel Women s anc! girls apparel Women s apparel Women s outerwear Women s dresses Women s suits and separates Women s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories Girls apparel Footwear Men s footwear Boys and girls footwear Women s footwear Infants and toddlers apparel Jewelry and watches W atches Jewelry T ransportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles Used cars and trucks Car and truck rental Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline unleaded regular Gasoline unleaded midgrade Gasoline unleaded premium Other motor fuels Motor vehicle parts and equipment Tires Vehicle accessories other than tires Motor vehicle maintenance and repair Motor vehicle body work Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing Motor vehicle re pair

163 Table 8A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group change from to Motor vehicle insurance Motor vehicle fees State and local registration and license Parking and other fees Public transportation Airline fare Other intercity transportation Intracity transportation Medical care Medical care commodities Prescription drugs and medical supplies Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies Medical care services Professional services Physicians services Dental services Eyeglasses and eye care Services by other medical professionals Hospital and related services Hospital services Inpatient hospital services Outpatient hospital services Nursing homes and adult daycare Recreation Video and audio Televisions Cable television Other video equipm ent Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental Audio equipment Audio discs, tapes and other media Pets, pet products and services Pets and pet products Pet services including veterinary Sporting goods Sports vehicles including bicycles Sports equipment Photography Photographic equipment and supplies Photographers and film processing Other recreational goods Toys Sewing machines, fabric and supplies Music instruments and accessories Recreation services Club membership dues and fees for participant sports Admissions Fees for lessons or instructions Recreational reading materials Newspapers and magazines Recreational books Education and communication Education Educational books and supplies Tuition, other school fees, and childcare College tuition and fees Elementary and high school tuition and fees Child care and nursery school Technical and business school tuition and fees

164 Table 8A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group change from to Communication Postage and delivery services Postage Delivery services Information and information processing Telephone services Telephone services, local charges Telephone services, long distance charges Cellular telephone services Information and information processing other than telephone services Personal computers and peripheral equipment Computer software and accessories Computer information processing services Other information processing equipment Other goods and services Tobacco and smoking products Cigarettes Tobacco products other than cigarettes Personal care Personal care products Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements Personal care services Haircuts and other personal care services Miscellaneous personal services Legal services Funeral expenses Laundry and dry cleaning services Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning Financial services Miscellaneous personal goods Special aggregate indexes Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services All items less food All items less shelter All items less medical care Commodities tess food Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Nondurables Apparel less footwear Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services

165 Table 8A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city, detailed expenditure categories -Continued Item and Group change from to Special aggregate indexes Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Domestically produced farm food Utilities and public transportation Purchasing power of the consumer dollar ( =$1.00)... $.626 $.613 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00)... $.210 $ es on a December 1997=100 base. 2 es on a December 1984=100 base 3 es on a December 1986=100 base. 4 es on a December 1983=100 base. 5 es on a December 1990=100 base. 6 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 7 es on a December 1993=100 base. 8 es on a December 1996=100 base. 9 es on a December 1988=100 base. " Data not available. 161

166 Table 11 A. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Regions1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Northeast Midwest South West Item and group change from to change from to change from to change from to All items All items (December 1977==100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles New cars and trucks New cars Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Recreation Education and commun cation Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services Digitized for FRASER 162

167 Table 11 A. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Regions1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Northeast Midwest South West Item and group change from to change from to change from to change from to Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less food All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Services less rent of shelter * Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical 4 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample, notes. 5 es on a December 1993=100 base. 2 es on a December 1982=100 base. ' Data not available. 3 es on a December 1997=100 base. Digitized for FRASER 163

168 Table 12A. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D Item and group change from to change from to change from to All items All items (December 1977=100) " ~ Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivaleint rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles New cars and trucks New cars Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services Digitized for FRASER 164

169 Table 12A. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D Item and group change from to change from to change from to Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less food All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services See region and area size on Table 10 for information about population size classes. 2 es on a December 1986=100 base. 3 es on a December 1997=100 base. 4 The All items index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. es on a December 1982=100 base. Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. es on a December 1993=100 base. Data not available. Digitized for FRASER 165

170 Table 13A. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Northeast Midwest Item and group Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D change from to change from to change from to change from to change from to All items All items (December 1977=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Digitized for FRASER 166

171 Table 13A. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued South West Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D Size class A Size class B/C 2 Item and group change from to change from to change from to change from to change from to All items All items (December 1977=100) ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy See region and area size on Table 10 for information about cross 4 es on a December 1982=100 base, classifications. 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 2 es on a December 1997=100 base. 6 es on a December 1993=100 base. 3 The All items index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. ' Data not available. 167

172 Table 16A. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Anchorage, AK Atlanta, GA Boston- Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Chicago- Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Item and Group change from to change from to change from to change from to All items All items (1967=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

173 Table 16A. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Cincinnati- Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Cleveland- Akron, OH Dallas- Fort Worth, TX Denver- Boulder-Greeley, CO Item and Group change from to change from to change from to change from to All items All items (1967=100) ' ' ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

174 Table 16A. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Detroit- Ann Arbor- Flint, Ml Honolulu, HI Houston- Galveston- Brazoria, TX Kansas City, MO-KS Item and Group change from to change from to change from to change from to All items All items (1967=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

175 Table 16A. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Los Angeles- Riverside- Orange County, CA Miami- Fort Lauderdale, FL Milwaukee- Racine, Wl Minneapolis- St. Paul, MN-WI Item and Group change from to change from to change from to change from to All items All items (1967=100) ' ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

176 Table 16A. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Philadelphia- Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD Pittsburgh, PA Portland-Salem, OR-WA Item and Group change from to change from to change from to change from to All items All items (1967=100) * Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

177 Table 16A. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued St. Louis, MO-IL San Diego, CA San Francisco- Oakland-San Jose, CA Item and Group change from to change from to change from to All items All items (1967=100) ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy

178 Table 16A. Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Seattle- Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Tampa- St. Petersburg- Clearwater, FL Washington- Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 1 Item and Group change from to change from to change from to E xpenditure category All items All items (1967 =100) ' " " Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and u tilities Fuels Gas (pip id) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy For Washington-Baltimore, indexes are on a December 1997=100 base unless otherwise noted. 2 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1996=100 base. 3 i:> on a November 1977=100 base in Miami and an October 1967=100 base in Anchorage. 4 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1997=100 base. 5 es are on a November 1982=100 base in Anchorage, Boston, Cincinnati, Denver, Miami, Milwaukee, Portland, St. Louis, San Diego, and Seattle. es are on a December 1982=100 base in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. 8 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 7 es on a December 1993=100 base. 8 es on a December 1997=100 base. ' Data not available. Digitized for FRASER 174

179 Table 18A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Northeast Midwest South West Item and group change from to change from to change from to change from to All items All items (December 1977=100) " Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services Digitized for FRASER 175

180 Table 18A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Northeast Midwest South West Item and group change from to change * u. change from to change from to Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less food All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Services less rent of shelter * Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy sen/ices Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical 4 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample, notes. 5 es on a December 1993=100 base. 2 es on a December 1984=100 base " Data not available. 3 es on a December 1997=100 base. Digitized for FRASER 176

181 Table 19A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D Item and group change from to change from to change from to All items All items (December 1977=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Appare Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles Used cars and trucks Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Medical care commodities Medical care services Professional services Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of shelter Transportation services Other services Digitized for FRASER 177

182 Table 19A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D Item and group change from to change from to change from to Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less food All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services See region and area size on Table 10 for information about population size classes. 2 es on a December 1986=100 base. 3 es on a December 1997=100 base. 4 The All items index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. es on a December 1984=100 base Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. es on a December 1993=100 base. Data not available. Digitized for FRASER 178

183 Table 20A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Northeast Midwest Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D Item and group change from to change from to change from to change * from to change from to All items All items (December ) ' ' ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages : Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Digitized for FRASER 179

184 Table 20A. Consume r Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued South West Item and group Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D Size class A Size class B/C 2 change from to change from to change from to change from to change from to All items All items (December 1977=100) ' ' ' ' ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary resicence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy See region and area size on Table 10 for information about cross 4 es on a December 1984=100 base classifications. 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 2 es on a December 1997=100 base. 6 es on a December 1993=100 base. 3 The All items index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. ~ Data not available. Digitized for FRASER 180

185 Table 23A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group Anchorage, AK Atlanta, GA Boston- Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Chicago- Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Item and Group change from to change from to change from to change from to All items All items ( ) " Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Digitized for FRASER 181

186 Table 23A. Consumer Pr ice for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Cincinnati- Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Cleveland- Akron, OH Dallas- Fort Worth, TX Denver- Boulder-Greeley, CO Item and Group change from to change from to change from to change from to All items All items (1967=100) Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical ca re All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Digitized for FRASER 182

187 Table 23A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Detroit- Ann Arbor- Flint, Ml Honolulu, HI Houston- Galveston- Brazoria, TX Kansas City, MO-KS Item and Group change from to change from to change from to change from to All items All items (1967=100) ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Digitized for FRASER 183

188 Table 23A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Los Angeles- Riverside- Orange County, CA Miami- Fort Lauderdale, FL Milwaukee- Racine, Wl Minneapolis- St. Paul, MN-WI Item and Group change from to change from to change from to change from to All items All items (1967=100) " " Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded pramium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Digitized for FRASER 184

189 Table 23A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Philadelphia- Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD Pittsburgh, PA Portland-Salem, OR-WA Item and Group change from to change from to change from to change from to All items All items ( ) ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Digitized for FRASER 185

190 Table 23A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued St. Louis, MO-IL San Diego, CA San Francisco- Oakland-San Jose, CA Item and Group change from to change from to change from to All items All items (1967=100) " " Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods arid services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Digitized for FRASER 186

191 Table 23A. Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-continued Seattle- Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Tampa- St. Petersburg- Clearwater, FL Washington- Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 1 Item and Group change from to change from to change from to All items All items (1967=100) " ' Food and beverages Food Food at home Food away from home Alcoholic beverages Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Owners equivalent rent of primary residence Fuels and utilities Fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Household furnishings and operations Apparel Transportation Private transportation Motor fuel Gasoline (all types) Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Commodity and service group All items Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Durables Services Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care All items less shelter Commodities less food Nondurables Nondurables less food Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy For Washington-Baltimore, indexes are on a December 1997=100 base unless otherwise noted. 2 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1996=100 base. 3 is on a November 1977=100 base in Miami and an October 1967=100 base in Anchorage. 4 es are on a November 1984=100 base in Anchorage, Boston, Cincinnati, Denver, Miami, Milwaukee, Portland, St. Louis, San Diego, and Seattle. es are on a December 1984=100 base in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 6 es on a December 1993=100 base. 7 es on a December 1997=100 base. ' Data not available. Digitized for FRASER 187

192 Table P1. Average residential prices for utility natural gas, electricity, and fuel oil, U.S. city and selected areas Utility natural gas Electricity Fuel oil #2 Area, region and population size class per 40 therms per 100 therms per 500 KWH per gallon (3.785 liters) U.S. city... $ $ $ $ $ $ $1.088 $1.189 Region and area size 1 Northeast urban Size A - More than 1,500, SizeB/C 50,000 to 1,500, Midwest urban Size A - More than 1,500, Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less lhan 50,000) NA NA South urban Size A - More than 1,500, Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) NA NA West urban Size A - More than 1,500, Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, Size classes A B/C D Selected local areas Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Cleveland-Akron, OH Dallas-Fort Worth, IX Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Atlanta, GA _ Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Ml Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Philadelphia-Wilmirigton-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ~ 1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. NA Data not adequate for publication. Digitized for FRASER 188

193 Table P2. Average residential unit prices and consumption ranges for utility natural gas and electricity for U.S. city and selected areas Area, region and population size class Average price per therm of utility natural gas Range of therm consumption for Jan. Average price per KWH of electricity Range of KWH consumption for Low High Low High U.S. city... $0.710 $ ,260 $0.085 $ ,920 Region and area size 1 Northeast urban , ,069 Size A - More than 1,500, ,750 SizeB/C 50,000 to 1,500, , ,069 Midwest urban , ,517 Size A - More than 1,500, , ,785 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, ,517 Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ,113 South urban , ,920 Size A - More than 1,500, ,301 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, , ,920 Size D - Non metropolitan (less than 50,000) ,120 West urban , ,033 Size A - More than 1,500, , ,033 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, ,321 Size classes A , ,301 B/C , ,920 D ,120 Selected local areas Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI , ,700 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ,454 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA ,750 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ,533 Cleveland-Akron, OH ,259 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ,250 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV ,252 Atlanta, GA ,034 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Ml , ,033 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ,301 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ,607 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ,451 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ,746 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ,033 1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. Digitized for FRASER 189

194 Table P3. Average prices for gasoline, U.S. city and selected areas Area, region and population size class Gasoline All types1 Gasoline Unleaded regular Gasoline Unleaded midgrade Gasoline Unleaded premium Automotive Diesel fuel U.S. city... $1.353 $1.356 $1.298 $1.301 $1.395 $1.398 $1.486 $1.486 $1.357 $1.392 Region and area size 2 Northeast urban Size A - More than 1,500, Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500, Midwest urban Size A - More than 1,f>00, Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, Size D - Nonmetropoli tan (less than 50,000) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA South urban Size A - More than 1,500, Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) NA NA West urban Size A - More than 1,500, Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500, Size classes A B/C D Selected local areas Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI _ Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT _ Cleveland-Akron, OH Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Atlanta, GA _ Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Ml Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Also includes types of gasoline not shown separately. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. NA Data not adequate for publication. Digitized for FRASER 190

195 Table P4. Average retail food prices, U.S. city and four regions U.S. city Northeast Midwest South West Food and unit Cereals and bakery products: Flour, white, all purpose, per lb. (453.6 gm)... $0,267 $0,286 $0,261 $0,278 $0,288 $0,316 $0,266 $0,285 NA NA Rice, white, long grain, uncooked, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA Spaghetti and macaroni, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA Bread, white, pan, per lb. (453.6 gm) $0,896 $0,898 Bread, French, per lb. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Bread, whole wheat, pan, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA Cookies, chocolate chip, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA Crackers, soda, salted, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA Meats, poultry, fish and eggs: Meats: Beef and veal: Ground chuck, 100% beef, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA Ground beef, 100% beef, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA Ground beef, lean and extra lean, per lb. (453.6 gm) All uncooked ground beef, per lb. (453.6 gm) Chuck roast, USDA Choice, bone-in, per lb. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Chuck roast, graded and ungraded, excluding USDA Prime and Choice, per ib. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA Chuck roast, USDA Choice, boneless, per Ib. (453.6 gm) NA NA Round roast, USDA Choice, boneless, per Ib. (453.6 gm) Round roast, graded and ungraded, excluding USDA Prime and Choice, per Ib. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA Rib roast, USDA Choice, bone-in, per Ib. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA All Uncooked Beef Roasts, per Ib. (453.6 gm) Steak, T-Bone, USDA Choice, bone-in, per Ib. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Steak, rib eye, USDA Choice, boneless, per Ib. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Steak, round, USDA Choice, boneless, per Ib. (453.6 gm) NA NA Steak, round, graded and ungraded, excluding USDA Prime and Choice, per Ib. (453.6 gm) NA NA Steak, sirloin, USDA Choice, bone-in, per Ib. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Steak, sirloin, graded and ungraded, excluding USDA Prime and Choice, per Ib. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA Steak, sirloin, USDA Choice, boneless, per Ib. (453.6 gm) Short ribs, any primal source, bone-in, per Ib. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Beef for stew, boneless, per Ib. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA All Uncooked Beef Steaks, per Ib. (453.6 gm) All Uncooked Other Beef (Excluding Veal), per Ib. (453.6 gm) Pork: Bacon, sliced, per Ib. (453.6 gm) Chops, center cut, bone-in, per Ib. (453.6 gm) Chops, boneless, per Ib. (453.6 gm) NA NA All Pork Chops, per Ib. (453.6 gm) Ham, rump or shank half, bone-in, smoked, per Ib. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Ham, boneless, excluding canned, per Ib. (453.6 gm) NA NA All Ham (Excluding Canned Ham and Luncheon Slices), per Ib. (453.6 gm) Ham, canned, 3 or 5 lbs, per Ib. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Shoulder picnic, bone-in, smoked, per Ib. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA All Other Pork (Excluding Canned Ham and Luncheon Slices), per Ib. (453.6 gm) Sausage, fresh, loose, per Ib. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA Other meats: Frankfurters, all meat or all beef, per Ib. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Bologna, all beef or mixed, per Ib. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA Lamb and mutton, bone-in, per Ib. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Poultry: Chicken, fresh, whole, per Ib. (453.6 gm) Chicken breast, bone-in, per Ib. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA Chicken legs, bone-in, per Ib. (453.6 gm) NA NA Turkey, frozen, whole, per Ib. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA Fish and seafood: Tuna, light, chunk, per Ib. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA Digitized for FRASER 191

196 Table P4. Average retail food prices, U.S. city and four regions-continued U.S. city Northeast Midwest South West Food and unit Eggs: Grade A, large, per doz... $0,920 $0,975 $1,011 $1,104 $0,816 $0,889 $0,924 $0,946 NA NA Grade AA, large, per doz... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA $1.257 $1,366 Dairy products: Milk, fresh, whole, fortified, per 1/2 gal. (1.9 lit)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Milk, fresh, whole, fortified, per gal. (3.8 lit) Milk, fresh, low fat, per 1/2 gal. (1.9 lit)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Milk, fresh, low fat, per gal. (3.8 lit) NA NA NA NA Butter, salted, grade AA, stick, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA American processed cheese, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA Cheddar cheese, natural, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA Ice cream, prepackaged, bulk, regular, per 1/2 gal. (1.9 lit) NA NA Yogurt, natural, fruit flavored, per 8 oz. (226.8 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Fruits and vegetables: Fresh fruits and vegetables: Apples, Red Delicious, per lb. (453.6 gm) Bananas, per lb. (453.6 gm) Oranges, Navel, per lb. (453.6 gm) Oranges, Valencia, per lb gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Cherries, per lb. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Grapefruit, per lb. (453.6 gm) Grapes, Thompson Seedless, per lb. (453.6 gm) Lemons, per lb. (453.6 gm) Peaches, per lb. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Pears, Anjou, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA.990 NA NA Strawberries, dry pint, per 12 oz. (340.2 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA Potatoes, white, per lb. (453.6 gm) Lettuce, iceberg, per lb. (453.6 gm) Tomatoes, field grown, per lb. (453.6 gm) Broccoli, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA Cabbage, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA Carrots, short trimmed and topped, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA Celery, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Corn on the cob, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Cucumbers, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Onions, dry yellow, per lb. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Peppers, sweet, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Processed fruits and vegetables: Apple Sauce, any variety, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Orange juice, frozen concentrate, 12 oz. can, per 16 oz. (473.2 ml) NA NA Peaches, any variety, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Beans, dried, any type, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA Corn, canned, any style, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Potatoes, frozen, French fried, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA Tomatoes, canned, whole, per lb. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Tomatoes, canned, any type, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Other foods at home: Sugar and sweets: Sugar, white, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) Sugar, white, oz. pkg, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA Fats and oils: Margarine, stick, per lb. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Margarine, soft, tubs, per lb. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Shortening, vegetable oil blends, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Peanut butter, creamy, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA Nonalcoholic beverages: Cola, nondiet, cans, 72 oz. 6 pk., per 16 oz. (473.2 m l)1... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Cola, nondiet, per 2 liters (67.6 o z ) NA NA NA NA NA NA Coffee, 100%, ground roast, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) Coffee, 100%, ground roast, oz. can, per lb. (453.6 gm)... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Coffee, instant, plain, recular, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) NA NA NA NA NA NA Other prepared foods: Potato chips, per 16 oz. (453.6 gm) $3,330 $3, NA NA 192

197 Table P4. Average retail food prices, U.S. city and four regions-continued U.S. city Northeast Midwest South West Food and unit Alcoholic beverages at home: Malt beverages, all types, all sizes, any origin, per 16 oz. (473.2 ml) $0,873 $0,924 $0,842 $0,964 $0,852 $0,863 $0.911 $0,897 $0,876 $0,981 Vodka, all types, all sizes, any origin, per 1 liter (33.8 oz) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Wine, red and white table, all sizes, any origin, per 1 liter (33.8 oz) Deposit may be included in price. NA Data not adequate for publication. 193

198 Technical Note Brief Explanation of the CPI The Consumer Price (CPI) is a measure of the change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups: a CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), which covers approximately 87 percent of the total population and a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which covers 32 percent of the total population. The CPI-U includes, in addition to wage earners and clerical workers, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, shortterm workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force. The CPI is based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for physicians and dentists services, drugs, and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Prices are collected in 87 urban areas across the country from about 50,000 housing units and approximately 23,000 retail establishments-department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 87 locations. Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every month in the three largest metropolitan areas and every other month in other areas. Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits or telephone calls of the B ureau s trained representatives. In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are d together with weights which represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city. Separate indexes are also published by size of city, by region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions and population-size classes, and for 26 local areas. Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices among cities; they only measure the change in prices for each area since the base period. The index measures price change from a designed reference date which equals An increase of 16.5 percent, for example, is shown as This change can also be expressed in dollars as follows: the price of a base period market basket of goods and services in the CPI has risen from $10 in to $ For further details see BLS Handbook o f Methods, Chapter 17, the Consumer Price, Bulletin 2490, April Calculating Changes Movements of the indexes from one month to another are usually expressed as percent changes, rather than changes in index points, because index point changes are affected by the level of the index in relation to its base period, whereas percent changes are not. The exam ple below illustrates the computation of index point and percent changes. changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are expressed as annual rates and are computed according to the standard formula for compound growth rates. These data indicate what the percent change would be, if the current rate were maintained for a 12-month period. point change CPI Less previous index Equals index point change 4.5 change point difference 4.5 Divided by the previous index Equals Results multiplied by one hundred 0.040x100 Equals percent change 4.0 Energy Prices Prices are usually available for the U.S. city, 13 large metropolitan areas, the 4 census regions, 3 size classifications, and 10 areas reflecting the 4 Census regions cross-classified by the 3 population sizes. However, not all energy commodities and services are used in every area of the country. Fuel oil, for example, is not a common heating fuel in some urban areas, particularly in the South and West. Where no prices are available, the designation NA appears. This designation also appears, if the data sufficiency criteria have not been met in any given month. For example, if there are fewer than five usable fuel oil prices for a published city or region size class, no fuel oil prices for the area will be published. All prices are collected monthly by BLS representatives in the urban areas priced for the CPI. Prices for natural gas 194

199 and electricity include fuel and purchased gas adjustments and all applicable taxes. Fuel oil and gasoline prices include applicable Federal, State, and local taxes. Natural gas and electricity. Natural gas prices are reported in therms, which are a measure of heating value. Electricity prices are given in kilowatt hours (kwh). For both utility services, the consumption ranges specified in table P2 are the upper and lower limits of the bill sizes priced for the CPI. The prices per therm and per kilowatt hour are calculated from bills priced within these ranges. It should be noted that bills priced for the CPI are not only for different consumption amounts, but may also be calculated from different types of residential rate schedules. The price per therm and per kilowatt hour are not, therefore, generally suitable fo r use in place-to-place price comparisons. The prices for 40 and 100 therms of natural gas, and for 500 kilowatt hours of electricity (shown in table PI) are calculated from a special price collection program. They are not used in the calculation of the CPI. Since heating and air-conditioning requirements vary by geographic location, climate, and weather conditions, it cannot be inferred that these consumption amounts represent those used by a typical residential consumer. These bills are used merely to track price changes over time for constant amounts of consumption, and to provide continuity with prices of natural gas and electricity formerly published in conjunction with the unrevised CPI. Fuel oil. Only #2 fuel oil (home heating oil) is priced. (See table PI.) Prices are collected, in most cases, for quantities greater than one gallon. These prices are converted to a gallon price for this program. Fuel oil prices reflect discounts for quantity or quick payment. Gasoline and automotive diesel fu el Gasoline and diesel prices, shown in table P3, are collected at the pump from a sample of full service, mini-service, and self-service gas stations. Approximate British Thermal Unit (Btu) values for some energy items are as follows, according to the source indicated: 1 therm = 100,000 Btu s (U.S. Department of Energy) 1 kwh = 3,412 Btu s (Edison Electric Institute) 1 gallon #2 fuel oil = 140,000 Btu s (U.S. Department of Energy) Food and Beverage Prices Actual weighted prices for food and beverages are calculated each month at the national level and for the four Census geographic regions, as shown in table P4. As a result of changes in price collection methodology and sample Digitized for FRASER 195

200 sizes, prices for individual cities cannot, in general, be produced. It is hoped, however, that regional prices will help satisfy the need for local area data. It should be noted that the prices for food in this report reflect variations in brand, quality, and size among geographic areas. Users of food prices should be aware that these differences exist. Because a number of food commodities are not available in all areas on a year-round basis, prices will not appear in some months for some regions or for the U.S. city. In other instances, sufficient prices may not be available, due to temporary disruptions in supplies. Where no prices are available, the designation NA appears. When a price is not available from an individual store in any month, an estimated price will be calculated for the missing item and used in computing the price. In cases where the proportion of estimated prices used to calculate the is considered too high, the price is not published and NA appears for that item in the table. Because of space limitations in the table, the description for each item is abbreviated. More detailed specifications are available from BLS regional offices or from the Washington office upon request. Digitized for FRASER 196 Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data Because different groups use price data for different purposes, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes seasonally adjusted, as well as unadjusted changes each month. For analyzing general price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted changes are usually preferred, since they eliminate the effect of changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same magnitude every year such as price movements resulting from changing climatic conditions, production cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales. The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices they actually pay. Unadjusted data also are used extensively for escalation purposes. Many collective bargaining contract agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consumer Price unadjusted for seasonal variation. Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally adjusted indexes are derived by the X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Method. The updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through Subsequent annual updates have replaced 5 years of seasonal data, e.g., data from 1995 through were replaced at the end of. The seasonal movement of all items and 54 other aggregations is derived by combining the seasonal movement of 73 selected components. Each year, the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain statistical criteria. If any of the 73 components change their seasonal adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally adjusted data will be used for the last 5 years; but the seasonally adjusted indexes will be used before that period. Seasonally adjusted data, including the all items index levels, are subject to revision for up to 5 years after their original release. For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data in escalation agreements. Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an enhanced seasonal adjustment procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some CPI series. Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better estimates of seasonally adjusted data. Extreme values or sharp movements, which might distort the seasonal pattern are estimated and removed from the data before calculation of seasonal factors. Since the calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12- ARIMA software has been used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment. For the fuel oil and the motor fuels indexes, this procedure is used to offset the effects that extreme price volatility would otherwise have had on the estimates of seasonally adjusted data for those series. For the breakfast cereal index, the procedure is used to offset the effects of price-cutting among cereal manufacturers. For the educational books and supplies index, the procedure is used to account for greaterthan-normal sale prices on educational reference books. For some alcoholic beverage series, Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment is used to offset the effects of increased brewer s costs, along with increased demand for specialty beers. For the nonalcoholic beverages index, the procedure is used to offset the effects of a large increase in coffee prices due to adverse weather. For the fats and oils series, the procedure is used to account for lower domestic butter stocks, lower cold storage supplies, and anticipation of a bumper soybean crop. For the new trucks index, the procedure is applied to account for loyalty rebates offered to customers by American automakers. For the water and sewerage maintenance index, the procedure is used to account for a data collection anomaly. A description of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, as well as a list of unusual events modeled and seasonal factors for these items, may be obtained by writing the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price es, Washington, DC or by calling Claire McAnaw Gallagher on (202) Ms. Gallagher may also be reached at gallagher_c@bls.gov by . Metropolitan Areas BLS publishes three major metropolitan areas monthly: Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Data for additional 11 metropolitan areas are published every other month [on an odd (January, March, etc.) or even (February, April, etc.) month schedule] for the following areas: Atlanta, GA Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Cleveland-Akron, OH Dallas-Fort Worth, TX -even -odd -odd -odd

201 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL PA-NJ-DE-MD Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV -even -even -even -even -even -even -odd How to Obtain Consumer Price Information Consumer Price (CPI) information is available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) electronically, through publication subscriptions, and via telephone and fax through automated recordings. Information specialists are also available in the national and regional offices, to provide help and to respond to questions. (Note: The designation even or odd refers to the month during which the area s price change is measured. Due to the time needed for processing, data are released 2 to 3 weeks into the following month.) Data are published for another group of 12 metropolitan areas on a semiannual basis. These indexes, which refer to the arithmetic for the 6-month periods from January through June and July through December, are published with release of the CPI for July and January, respectively, in August and February for: Anchorage, AK Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO Honolulu, HI Kansas City, MO-KS Milwaukee-Racine, WI Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Pittsburgh, PA Portland-Salem, OR-WA San Diego, CA St. Louis, MO-IL Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Note: The designation even or odd refers to the month during which the area s price change is measured. Due to the time needed for processing, data are released 2 to 3 weeks into the following month.) Data are published for another group of 12 metropolitan areas on a semiannual basis. These indexes, which refer to the arithmetic for the 6-month periods from January through June and July through December, are published with release of the CPI for July and January, respectively, in August and February for: Anchorage, AK Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO Honolulu, HI Kansas City, MO-KS Milwaukee-Racine, WI Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Pittsburgh, PA Portland-Salem, OR-WA San Diego, CA St. Louis, MO-IL Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Electronic access to CPI data BLS on the Internet. Through the Internet, BLS provides free, continuous access to published CPI data and press releases. The most recent month s CPI is made available immediately at the time of release. Additionally, a database called LABSTAT, containing current and historical data for the CPI is accessible. Data and press releases from other BLS surveys are also available. The BLS site is accessible via the World Wide Web (WWW), Gopher, and File Transfer Protocol (FTP), as described below. Send to labstathelpdesk@bls.gov for help using any of these systems. World Wide Web. BLS m aintains a Web site h ttp :// stats.bls.gov on the Internet. This BLS homepage provides access to LABSTAT, as well as links to program-specific homepages. The CPI homepage h ttp ://stats.b ls.gov/ cpihomejhtm provides other CPI information, as well as indexes. This includes a brief explanation of methodology, frequently asked questions and answers, contacts for further information, and explanations of how the CPI handles special items, like medical care and housing. In addition, CPI press releases and historical data for metropolitan areas can be accessed by linking to regional office homepages from the main BLS Web site listed above. FTP and Gopher. These tools provide access to CPI LABSTAT data, as well as documentation and press release files organized in hierarchical directories. Connect to stats.bls.gov using FTP or Gopher. Log on as anonymous, and use your complete Internet address as the password. Subscriptions to CPI publications Summary data. Free, monthly, 2-page publication containing 1- and 12-month percent changes for selected U.S. city Consumer Price for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Consumer Price for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) index series. The all items index data for each local area are also included. To be added to the mailing list, write to: Office of Publications, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 2850, Washington, DC , or call (202) or any of the BLS regional offices listed below. CPI Detailed Report. Most comprehensive report of the Consumer Price. This publication may be ordered by writing to: New Orders, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Digitized for FRASER 197

202 Box , Pittsburgh, PA or by calling (202) Subscriptions cost $27 per year. Monthly Labor Review (MLR). The MLR provides selected CPI data included in a monthly summary of BLS data and occasional articles and methodological descriptions too extensive for inclusion in the CPI Detailed Report The MLR costs $27 per year. This publication may be ordered by writing to: New Orders, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box , Pittsburgh, PA or by calling (202) Recorded CPI data Summary CPI data are provided on 24-hour recorded messages. Detailed CPI information is available by calling (202) 606-STAT. A touch-tone telephone is recommended, as this system allows the user to select specific indexes from lists of available data. Recorded summaries of CPI are also available by calling any one of the metropolitan area CPI hot lines listed below. These hotline summaries typically include data for the U.S. city, as well as the specified area. These recordings are approximately 3 minutes in length, do not require a touchtone telephone, and are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Area Hotline Number Anchorage (907) Atlanta (404) Baltimore (410) Boston (617) /2327 Chicago (312) Cincinnati (513) Cleveland (216) Dallas (214) Denver (303) Detroit (313) Honolulu (808) Houston (713) Indianapolis (317) Kansas City (816) Los Angeles (310) Milwaukee (414) Minneapolis-St. Paul (612) New York (212) /2408 Philadelphia (215) Pittsburgh (412) Portland (503) San Diego (619) San Francisco (415) Seattle (206) St. Louis (314) Washington, DC (202) Other sources of CPI data Technical information is available during normal working hours, Monday through Friday, by calling (202) or any of the regional offices listed below. Fax-on-Demand. A wide variety of BLS information and data, including the CPI, are available from the BLS Ready Facts catalog, via fax-on-demand. CPI documents from Ready Facts that are available around the clock include the monthly CPI press release, selected national, regional and metropolitan area historical summaries, and some technical information. The latest CPI information is posted during the morning of release day. Call (202) and follow instructions to have the latest Ready Facts catalog sent to you. Each regional office also has a fax system in place; their systems include all information available from the national catalog, in addition to region-specific information on the CPI. Phone and fax-on-demand numbers for the eight regional offices are: Office Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Kansas City New York Philadelphia San Francisco Washington, DC Fax-on-Demand (404) (617) (312) (214) (816) (212) (215) (415) (202) Telephone (404) (617) (312) (214) (816) (212) (215) (415) (202) Historical tables. These include all published indexes for each of the detailed CPI components. These tables are available via the Internet, by calling (202) in the national office, or by contacting any of the regional offices listed above. Descriptive publications. These publications describe the CPI and ways to use it. They include simple fact sheets discussing specific topics about the CPI, a broader, non-technical overview of the CPI in a question and answer format, and a technical and thorough description of the CPI and its methodology. These publications are available upon request by calling (202) , and many are included on the CPI homepage on the Internet. Special publications. Also available are various special publications, such as Relative Importance o f Components in the Consumer Price and materials describing the annual revisions of seasonally adjusted CPI data. For more information, call (202) Further information can be obtained from the Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Room 3615, Washington, DC, , telephone (202) or by calling any of the regional offices listed above. Digitized for FRASER 198